Auction 99 Part 1 Avant-Garde Art and Russian Literature from the Rachel and Joseph Brindt Collection
Alexander Archipenko – Album of Reproductions – Berlin, 1923
Opening: $300
Unsold
Alexandre Archipenko, son oeuvre [Alexander Archipenko; His Work], album of reproductions. Berlin: Ukrainske slowo, 1923. French.
Album, containing 66 reproductions – a selection of works by Alexander Archipenko (Олександр Порфирович Архипенко; 1887-1964). Archipenko, a Ukrainian-American sculptor, pioneer in the field of modern sculpture, was known for combining Cubist and Futurist styles and for the use of "negative space" in his works.
The album opens with an introduction by German art historian Hans Hildebrandt.
15, [2] pages, [24] plates (55 reproductions printed on both sides of the plate) + [2] plates at the beginning of the album (color print and portrait photograph of Archipenko). 31 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Stamp on margins of title page. Several plates partially detached. Stained and worn binding; open tears to edges of spine.
MoMA 452.
Art: Monographs and Albums (Reproductions, Drawings and Prints)
Art: Monographs and Albums (Reproductions, Drawings and Prints)