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
- Women III
- Frauen III
- Sketchbook III
Datec. 1921–1923
PlaceBerlin, Germany
MediumWatercolor and graphite on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 10 15/16 × 8 3/8 in. (27.8 × 21.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2009.1339
Not on view
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Exhibition History"Refashioning the Figure: The Sketchbooks of Archipenko c. 1920," Henry Moore Foundation, Leeds, September 27, 2003 - January 4, 2004.
“Alexander Archipenko: The Berlin Drawings,” The 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
Inscribed in pencil on tissue interleaving, recto lower right corner: "ARCHiPENKO"
Inscribed in pencil, verso left edge: "H.G. Garneusburg" (?)
Inscribed in pencil, verso left edge: "H.G. Garneusburg" (?)
Signed in red watercolor, recto lower right corner: "Archipenko"
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