- Alexander Archipenko 1887-1964
- The Birth of Venus
- 1954
- Polychromed Bronze with turquoise inset and attached carved stone
- 12 3/16 inches x 8 inches
- This work is accompanied by a letter from Ms. Frances Archipenko Gray of the Archipenko Foundation
- SOLD
New York
Bridgehampton
Los Angeles
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Ex-collection
Perls Galleries, New York
Alexander Racolin, Briarcliff Manor, New York
Private Collection
Exhibitions
Archipenko (1887-) Recent Polychromes, Perls Galleries, New York, October 14-November 9, 1957 (Catalog no. 2 "Birth of Venus. 12 x 18 inches, bronze and marble, 1954 ill.)
Literature
Archipenko Scuplture, Drawing and Prints, 1908-1963, as collected, viewed and documented by Donald Karshan, Centre College Danville, Kentucky in association with Indiana University Press. Illustrated; page 157 full page, no. 86
Alexander Archipenko, Fifty Creative Years, 1908-1958, New York, 1960, reproduced in color plate 12
Within this virtual assemblage, a primordial form of carved, grained marble nests in a deep concave of polychromed bronze. The upper elements of a voluptuous humanoid in repose confront the viewer with an eye of embedded turquoise. Strangely recalling undulating undersea flora, textured and polychromed bronze shapes, upon which this creature rests, are positioned on a spotted granite pedestal.