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Alexander Archipenko
Figurative compositioncirca 1921

Not on view
Graphite pencil drawing in an open sketchbook, two nude figures — one standing with back turned, one seated facing forward — rendered with fluid contour lines and hatched shading
Charcoal or pencil drawing of two nude figures; a standing figure seen from behind reaches toward a seated figure at right, rendered with bold contour lines and hatched shading on white paper.
Pencil or charcoal sketch on a book page showing two nude figures in loose gestural lines; one figure stands facing away at left, another crouches or kneels at right, set against printed German text.
Artist or Maker
Alexander Archipenko
Title
Figurative composition
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1921
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Image: 12 3/16 x 8 7/8 in. (30.96 x 22.54 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold, Museum Associates Acquisition Fund, and deaccession funds
Accession Number
83.1.816b
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography

  • Davis, Bruce. German Expressionist Prints and Drawings: The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989; Munich, Germany: Prestel, 1989.

  • Reed, Orrel P., German expressionist art: the Robert Gore Rifkind Collection: prints, drawings, illustrated books, periodicals, posters. Exhibition Catalogue. Los Angeles: Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, 1977.