Lying Horizontal Figure 1957

Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964, Ukrainian; American)

Lying Horizontal Figure 1957

polychrome bronze
14.0 x 36.0 x 10.0 cm

inscribed: Archipenko 3 cast in 1957 in a lifetime edition of 6 a second, posthumous edition of twelve was cast by the Estate of the artist in 1964

Provenance:

The artist's Estate Bernard Danenberg Galleries, New York, 1972 Donald Karshan, New York Rachel Adler Gallery, New York Private collection, South Africa Private collection, Sydney Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, 15 June 2005, lot 32 Private collection, Sydney Menzies, Melbourne, 14 September 2011, lot 26 Company collection, Melbourne Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, 19 June 2014, lot 61 Company collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:

Archipenko: Recent Polychromes, Perls Galleries, New York, 14 October - 9 November 1957, no.16 (another example) Alexander Archipenko Bronzes, Perls Galleries, New York, 29 September - 24 October 1959, no.26 (another example) Archipenko, Kunstmuseum der Stadt, Dusseldorf, 4 November - December 1960, no.61 (another example) Alexander Archipenko: A Memorial Exhibition, UCLA Art Galleries, California, touring to Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Centre, Colorado; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Texas; Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, California; Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, New York; Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.; Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona; Walker Art Centre, Minnesota; Washington University, Missouri; The Museum of Contemporary Art of Chicago, Illinois, 1967 - 1969, no.55 (illus. p.55) Archipenko: The American Years, 1923 - 1963, Bernard Danenberg Galleries, New York, 23 July - 15 August 1970, no.25 (illus. p.3) Archipenko, The Paris Years, The Art Gallery of Ontario, Ontario, 16 January - 21 February 1971, no.39 Alexander Archipenko, Moderne Galerie des Saarland-Museums, Saarbrücken, 1986, no.93, p.195 (illus., another example) Archipenko, Galeria Freites, Caracas, September - October 1991, p.30 (illus., another example)

Reference:

Archipenko, A., Archipenko: Fifty Creative Years 1908 - 1958, Tekhne, New York, 1960, pl.130 Karshan, D., Archipenko, Sculpture, Drawings and Prints, 1908-1963, Centre College, Kentucky, 1985, pl.90a and 90b Barth, A., Alexander Archipekos Plastisches Oeuvre, Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main, 1997, no.325 This work is to be reproduced in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being prepared by The Archipenko Foundation, United States.

Estimate: $55000 - 70000

Result Hammer: $60000