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Alexander Archipenko
Flat Torso1914

Not on view
Polished silver-gray metal sculpture of a stylized female nude with elongated, simplified forms and an abstracted tilted head, mounted on a black marble pedestal

Alexander Archipenko, Flat Torso, 1914, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander R. Brandner, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Alexander Archipenko
Russian Empire (now Ukraine), also active France, Germany, and the United States, 1887-1964
Title
Flat Torso
Date Made
1914
Medium
Chrome plated sculpture, with black marble base
Dimensions
Figure: 14 3/8 × 3 1/2 in. (36.51 × 8.89 cm) Marble base: 7 × 3 1/2 in. (17.78 × 8.89 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander R. Brandner
Accession Number
M.83.175.1
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Provenance
The artist (1887-1964). [Galerie Jean Chauvelin, Paris, by 1973]; sold to Donald Karshan in 1973; LACMA in 1983.

Copyright
© The Archipenko Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York, NY