Seated Female Nude (Black Torso)

Date
Artist
Alexander Archipenko, American, b. Kyiv, Ukraine, 1887–1964
Provenance
C.S.L. Trask, London, 1926-1957 (Sotheby, London, sale, 11 December 1957, lot 68)
Marlborough Fine Art, London, 11 December 1957-November 1958
Galerie des Arts Anciens et Modernes, Schaan, Liechtenstein, 28 November 1958
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 28 November 1958-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
MARLBOROUGH FINE ART, London. "Nineteenth and Twentieth Century European Masters," no. 80, ill. p. 105.
DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS. "Sculpture in Our Time: Collected by Joseph H. Hirshhorn," 5 May-23 August 1959, no. 41. TOUR: MILWAUKEE ART CENTER, 10 September-11 October; WALKER ART CENTER, Minneapolis, 25 October-6 December; WILLIAM ROCKHILL NELSON GALLERY OF ART, Kansas City, Missouri, 20 December-31 January 1960; MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Houston, 1-27 March; LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF HISTORY, SCIENCE AND ART, 11 April-15 May; M. H. DE YOUNG MEMORIAL MUSEUM, San Francisco, 29 May-10 July; COLORADO SPRINGS FINE ARTS CENTER, Colorado, 24 July-4 September; ART GALLERY OF TORONTO, 30 September -31 October.
SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. "Modern Sculpture from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection," 3 October 1962-6 January 1963, no. 3, ill. p. 61.
HOPKINS CENTER ART GALLERIES, DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, Hanover, New
Hampshire. "Sculpture in Our Century: Selections from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection," 25 May-9 July 1967, no. 2, p. 7.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE, Washington, DC. "Twentieth Century Sculptors and Their Drawings: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden," 1979-80, no. 2, p. 13. TOUR: COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART, Columbus, Ohio, 20 June-19 August 1979; COLUMBUS MUSEUM AND SCIENCE CENTER, Columbus, Georgia, 22 September-10 November 1979; FLINT INSTITUTE OF ART, Michigan, 15 December 1979-3 February 1980; SOCIETY OF FOUR ARTS, Palm Beach, Florida, 23 February-13 April 1980; ANCHORAGE HISTORICAL AND FINE ARTS MUSEUM, Alaska, 3 May-22 June 1980; YELLOWSTONE ART CENTER, Billings, Montana, 26 July-23 September 1980.
TAIPEI FINE ARTS MUSEUM, China. "The Human Figure Interpreted: Modern Sculpture from the Hirshhorn Museum," 25 March-28 May 1995, p. 86, ill. p. 87.
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, SHIGA, Otsu, Japan. "The Human Figure Interpreted:
Modern Sculpture from the Hirshhorn Museum," 1 July-6 August 1995, no. 30, ill. TOUR: ODAKYU MUSEUM, Yomiuri Shimbun, Tokyo, 9-27 August; IWAKI CITY ART MUSEUM, 23 September-5 November.
UKRANIAN MUSEUM, New York. "Alexander Archipenko: Vision and Continuity" (inaugural exhibition), 3 April-4 September 2005, no. 10, ill. p. 157. TOUR: SMITH COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART, Northampton, Massachusetts, 31 March-30 July 2006; ELVEHJEM MUSEUM OF ART, Madison, Wisconsin, 16 September-3 December.
Published References
SCHWARZ, MARVIN D. "News and Views from New York," Apollo 70 (September 1959), p. 62.
[ARCHIPENKO, ALEXANDER. Archipenko: Fifty Creative Years (New York: n.p., n.d.), fig. 112. --as 1909, private collection, New York. May be artist's cast].
MICHAELSEN, KATHERINE JANSZKY. Archipenko: A Study of the Early Works: 1908-1920 (New York: Garland, 1977), no. S29, p. 164 (dated 1912).
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Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.74
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
15 x 5 1/4 x 6 in. (38.0 x 13.2 x 15.1 cm)