(Kiev 1887–1964 New York) Flat Torso, 1914, lifetime cast, bronze with a brownish patina on a marble base, Incised with signature and dated Archipenko 1914, height 51.5 cm (incl. base), (PP)

Photo certificate: The Archipenko Foundation, New York, 11 November 2009 Literature: Yvan Goll, Archipenko, New York 1920, ill. p. 2 (marble copy); Yvan Goll, Theodor Däubler, Blaise Cendrars, Archipenko-Album, Potsdam 1921, no. 1 (another copy); Hans Hildebrandt, Alexander Archipenko, Berlin 1923, p. 13, plate 20 (marble copy); Alexander Archipenko, Archipenko: Fifty Creative Years, 1908–1958, New York 1960, pp. 47–48, plates 205 & 206 (another copy); Albert E. Elsen, Origins of Modern Sculpture: Pioneers and Premises, New York 1974, pp. 111–112, plate 132 (another copy); Donald Karshan, Archipenko: The Sculpture and Graphic Art including a print catalogue raisonné, Tübingen 1974, ill. p. 33 (another copy); Katherine Jánszky Michaelsen, Archipenko: A Study of the Early Works 1908–1921, New York 1977, p. 34, plate S49 (another copy); Donald Karshan, Archipenko: Sculpture, Drawings and Prints 1908–1964, Danville, Kentucky 1985, p. 58 nos. 26 a-c, ill. pp. 74–75 (another copy); Ursula Peters and Andrea Legde, Moderne Zeiten, die Sammlung zum 20, vol. III, Nuremberg 2000, ill. p. 84 (another copy) Provenance: Kovler Gallery, Chicago; estate of Alexis Smith, Beverly Hills, California (bought circa 1950 at the Kovler Gallery, Chicago); private collection, USA