The Birth of Venus
1954 (SOLD)
Polychromed Bronze with turquoise inset and attached carved stone
12.2 x 8 inches (30.5 x 20.3 cm)
This work is accompanied by a letter from Ms. Frances Archipenko Gray of the Archipenko Foundation.
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
The Birth of Venus