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
- Untitled XI
- Sketchbook II
Datec. 1921–1923
PlaceBerlin, Germany
MediumGraphite on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 18 × 12 1/16 in. (45.7 × 30.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2009.1330
Not on view
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Exhibition HistoryPossibly exhibited at "Erste Russische Kunstausstellung (First Russian Art Exhibition)," Gallery van Diemen, Berlin, Autumn 1922.
"Refashioning the Figure: The Sketchbooks of Archipenko c. 1920," Henry Moore Foundation, Leeds, September 27, 2003–January 4, 2004.
“Alexander Archipenko: The Berlin Drawings,” Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 15–August 17, 2014.
"Alexander Archipenko: The Belin Sketchbooks," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Feb. 4, 2023-July 23, 2023 [Fourth Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
in pencil, verso lower left corner: Van Diemen
Inscribed in pencil, verso lower right corner: Kat 24
Inscribed in pencil, verso lower right corner: Kat 24
in pencil, recto lower right corner: Archipenko
on left old hinge, verso: Nützlichkeit / lerisch schö(?) / planende un / zu den einfa
Marked on right old hinge, verso: (?)wecke des gestalten Werk(?) / pferischen Leistung nicht ausso / d / gestaltende Tätigkeit für all / chsten Bauaufgaben, von der
Marked on right old hinge, verso: (?)wecke des gestalten Werk(?) / pferischen Leistung nicht ausso / d / gestaltende Tätigkeit für all / chsten Bauaufgaben, von der
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