Artist
Alexander Archipenko 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 ArtObject Type
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"
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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