Alexander Archipenko
Walking Soldier

Artist Alexander Archipenko (Ukrainian, active in France, Germany, and the United States, 1887–1964)Ukrainian, active in France, Germany, and the United States, 1887–1964

CultureAmerican

Titles

Walking Soldier

Date1917, executed c. 1954

PlaceCimiez, France

MediumPaint and wood

Dimensions46 × 24 × 11 in. (116.8 × 61 × 27.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Archipenko Collection

Object number2009.1351

Not on view

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Department

American Art

Object Type

SCULPTURE

ProvenanceEstate of the Artist, 1964; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2009.
Exhibition History"13th Annual Cooperative Art Exhibition. Alexander Archipenko, 1909-1956," Art Department, State Teachers College, Indiana, Pennsylvania, April 24–May 29, 1956.

"Alexander Archipenko, 50 Jahre seines Schaffens. Plastiken 1909-1959, tour, 1960," Karl-Ernst-Osthaus-Museum, Hagen, Germany, March 20–May 1, 1960; Freie Künstlergemeinschaft Schanze e.V., Münster, Germany, June 12–July 10, 1960; Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken, Germany, July 29–October 16, 1960; Kunstmuseum der Stadt Düsseldorf, Germany, November 4–December 4, 1960.

“Alexander Archipenko: The Berlin Drawings,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 15–August 17, 2014.

"Archipenko, A Modern Legacy," Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, September 22–December 13, 2015; Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College, Iowa, September 30–December 11, 2016; Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, Jacksonville, Florida, January 22–April 17, 2016.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed in blue ink on underside: "NR 20"
Inscribed in blue ink on sticker on underside: "Nr. 20"

Incised stamp, bottom front of sculpture: "ARCHIPENKO 1917"

Round blue stamp on underside, eagle in center: "ZOLLAMT GÜTERBAHNHOF HAGEN ( (?) BOFF)"

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