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Property from a Japanese Collection
ALEXANDER ARCHIPENKO (1887-1964)
Lying Horizontal Figure
Details
ALEXANDER ARCHIPENKO (1887-1964)
Lying Horizontal Figure
signed and numbered 'Archipenko 6⁄12 F' (on the back)
bronze with green and brown patina
5 ¾ x 13 ¾ x 2 3⁄8 in. (14.6 x 34.9 x 6 cm.)
Conceived in 1957; this bronze version cast in 1987
Lying Horizontal Figure
signed and numbered 'Archipenko 6⁄12 F' (on the back)
bronze with green and brown patina
5 ¾ x 13 ¾ x 2 3⁄8 in. (14.6 x 34.9 x 6 cm.)
Conceived in 1957; this bronze version cast in 1987
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 26 June 1990, lot 317.
Mitsukoshi, Ltd., Tokyo (acquired at the above sale).
Private collection, Japan (acquired from the above).
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 26 June 1990, lot 317.
Mitsukoshi, Ltd., Tokyo (acquired at the above sale).
Private collection, Japan (acquired from the above).
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
"Archipenko" in Arts, October 1957, p. 56 (another cast illustrated).
R.M. Coates, "The Art Galleries: Shy Leader" in The New Yorker, 17 October 1959, p. 144.
A. Archipenko, Archipenko: Fifty Creative Years, 1908-1958, New York, 1960, no. 130 (another cast illustrated).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko: The Sculpture and Graphic Art, Including a Print Catalogue Raisonné, Tübingen, 1974, p. 40.
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko: Sculpture, Drawings and Prints, 1908-1963, Danville, 1985, pp. 151, 154 and 162-163, no. 90, figs. 90a-90b (another cast illustrated).
A. Barth, Alexander Archipenkos plastisches Oeuvre, Ph.D. diss., University of Trier, 1997, pp. 552-553, no. 325 (plaster version illustrated).
F. Archipenko Gray, My Life with Alexander Archipenko, Munich, 2014, pp. 90 and 92, fig. 38 (another cast illustrated).
The Alexander Archipenko Foundation, The Archipenko Sculpture Catalogue Raisonné, (www.archipenkocr.org), no. 1379 (illustrated; accessed August 2026).
R.M. Coates, "The Art Galleries: Shy Leader" in The New Yorker, 17 October 1959, p. 144.
A. Archipenko, Archipenko: Fifty Creative Years, 1908-1958, New York, 1960, no. 130 (another cast illustrated).
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko: The Sculpture and Graphic Art, Including a Print Catalogue Raisonné, Tübingen, 1974, p. 40.
D.H. Karshan, Archipenko: Sculpture, Drawings and Prints, 1908-1963, Danville, 1985, pp. 151, 154 and 162-163, no. 90, figs. 90a-90b (another cast illustrated).
A. Barth, Alexander Archipenkos plastisches Oeuvre, Ph.D. diss., University of Trier, 1997, pp. 552-553, no. 325 (plaster version illustrated).
F. Archipenko Gray, My Life with Alexander Archipenko, Munich, 2014, pp. 90 and 92, fig. 38 (another cast illustrated).
The Alexander Archipenko Foundation, The Archipenko Sculpture Catalogue Raisonné, (www.archipenkocr.org), no. 1379 (illustrated; accessed August 2026).
Further details
The Archipenko Foundation will include this work in their forthcoming catalogue raisonné of sculptures by Alexander Archipenko.
Presentado por
Emmanuelle Loulmet
Specialist, Head of the Impressionist and Modern Day Sale