Alexander Archipenko
The Back , 1948 (Executed)
Lot #317 |
2026-02-17 |
Sotheby's, New York
Modern Discoveries
Category:
Drawing
Estimate:
USD 8,000 - 12,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N12067
Auction name: Modern Discoveries
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2026-02-17
End date: 2026-02-26
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: Modern Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 14 by 10 â…ž in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
35.6
Width In Centimeters:
27.6
Height In Inches:
14
Width In Inches:
10.875
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Year notes: Executed in 1948.
Provenance
Private Collection Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 6 January 1964, lot 39 Private Collection (acquired at the above sale) Bertram Bloch, California Bert Bloch, New York (acquired by descent from the above in 1975) Shapiro Auctions, Bedford Hills, New York, 15 June 2023, lot 90 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
Lincoln, University of Nebraska (and traveling), Colored Drawings of Archipenko , 1949-50 University of Omaha, Alexander Archipenko Exhibition , 1949, no. 19A Eugene, University of Oregon (and traveling), Original Drawings and Sculpture of Alexander Archipenko , 1951-52
Catalog summary
Alexander Archipenko 1887 - 1964 The Back signed Archipenko (lower left) brush and ink, colored crayon and colored pencil on card 14 by 10 ⅞ in. 35.6 by 27.6 cm. Executed in 1948. The Archipenko Foundation will include this work in their forthcoming catalogue raisonné of artwork by Alexander Archipenko. Provenance Private Collection Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 6 January 1964, lot 39 Private Collection (acquired at the above sale) Bertram Bloch, California Bert Bloch, New York (acquired by descent from the above in 1975) Shapiro Auctions, Bedford Hills, New York, 15 June 2023, lot 90 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner Exhibited Lincoln, University of Nebraska (and traveling), Colored Drawings of Archipenko , 1949-50 University of Omaha, Alexander Archipenko Exhibition , 1949, no. 19A Eugene, University of Oregon (and traveling), Original Drawings and Sculpture of Alexander Archipenko , 1951-52