
Art Institute of Chicago
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Alexander Archipenko · 1917/1950
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artist; by descent to his wife, Frances Archipenko Gray (born 1936), New York, 1964 [this and the following according to Matthew Stephenson email, January 17, 2024, copy in curatorial file]; private collection, New York, 2015; sold through Stephenson Art, London, to Dale Taylor and Angela Lustig, Chicago, 2023; offered as a promised gift to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2024.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Los Angeles, UCLA Art Museum, Alexander Archipenko: A Memorial Exhibition, Feb. 26, 1967–Apr. 30, 1967, cat. 32; Minneapolis, Minnesota, Walker Art Center, May 22–June 25, 1967; San Diego, Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, July 14–Aug. 31, 1967; Phoenix, Phoenix Art Museum, Oct. 1–Oct. 29 1967; Dallas, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Nov. 22–Jan. 1, 1968; Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Jan. 18–Feb. 25, 1968; St. Louis, Missouri, Washington University, Mar. 17–Apr. 19, 1968; Washington D.C., National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, July 11–Aug. 18, 1968; Cincinnati, Cincinnati Art Museum, Oct. 5–Nov. 3, 1968; Utica, New York, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Nov. 24, 1968–Jan. 1, 1969; Lyon, France, Madeleine Rocher-Jauneau Musée des Beaux Arts, Archipenko International Visionary, Apr. 25–May 25, 1969; Rennes, France, Musée des Beaux Arts, June 6–July 6, 1969; Nantes, France, Musée des Beaux Arts, July 15–Aug. 31, 1969; Munich, Germany, Haus der Kunst, Feb. 20–Mar. 22, 1970; Bonn, Germany, Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Apr. 3–May 7, 1970; Mannheim, Germany, Städtische Kunsthalle, May 31–June 28, 1970; Geneva, Switzerland, Musée Rath, July 9–Sep. 20, 1970; Dublin, Ireland, Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Oct. 27–Nov, 22, 1970 (US venues only).
- New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Archipenko: The Parisian Years, July 20–Oct. 18, 1970, cat. 21.
- Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, Edith C. Blum Art Institute at Bard College, Archipenko:
- Drawings, Reliefs, and Constructions, Aug. 24, 1985–Oct. 26, 1985, cat. I-5.
- New York, Rachel Adler Gallery, Alexander Archipenko: The Creative Process: Drawings, Relief and Related Sculpture, Oct. 2 –Nov. 13, 1993, cat. 8.
- Milan, Italy, ML Fine Art - Matteo Lampertico, Archipenko in Italy, Sep. 14, 2021–Dec. 10, 2021, cat. 7.
- London, The Estorick Collection of Italian Modern Art, Archipenko and the
- Italian Avant Garde, May 4, 2022–Sep. 4, 2022, no cat. no.
Literature
Published references
- Donald H. Karshan, Katharine Kuh, and Frederick S. Wight, Alexander Archipenko: A Memorial Exhibition, 1967-1969, exh. cat. (Los Angeles: UCLA Art Galleries, 1967), 66.
- Katharine Kuh and William S. Lieberman, Archipenko: The Parisian Years, exh. cat. (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1970), cover page (color ill.), 1.
- Katharine Kuh and William S. Lieberman, Archipenko: The Parisian Years, exh. checklist (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1970), cover page (color ill), 2.
- Joan M. Marter and Nicholas J. Capasso, Archipenko: Drawings, Reliefs, and Constructions, exh. cat. (Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y: Bard College, Edith C. Blum Art Institute, 1985), 5, 25 (color ill.), 84.
- Rachel Adler Gallery, Alexander Archipenko: The Creative Process: Drawings, Relief and Related Sculpture, exh. cat. (New York: Rachel Adler Gallery, 1993), 18, 19 (ill.).
- Matteo Lampertico, Frances Archipenko Gray, Maria Elena Versari, and Shane Agin (trans.), Archipenko in Italy, exh. cat. (Milan: Matteo Lampertico Fine Art, 2021), 54, 55 (color ill.), as Figura (Figure).
- Maria Elena Versari, Archipenko and the Italian Avant Garde, exh. cat (London: Estorick Collection, 2022), 12, 41 (color ill.).
- Frederick S. Wight, “Retrospective for Archipenko,” Art in America 55, no. 3
- (May - June 1967): 66 (ill.), 69 (color ill.).
- Hilton Kramer, “The Two Archipenkos.” New York Times, Aug. 2, 1970, D 17 (ill.).
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