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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1965.13
People
Alexander Archipenko, American (Kiev, Ukraine [Soviet Union] 1887 - 1964 New York, NY, USA)
Title
Woman in an Interior
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Femme dans l'interieur
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1917
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228002

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard.
Dimensions
14.9 x 11 cm (5 7/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
framed: 45.7 x 35.6 x 1.6 cm (18 x 14 x 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r. in red paint: A. Archipenko
  • exhibition label: back of canvas, black and blue inks, printed and handwritten: [partial transcription:] [printed in blue:] [Palais?] International des Beaux Arts / Proprietaire: [handwritten in black:] L'Auteur / 77 Rue Denfort-Rochereau, Paris [this label is placed over an inscription on the canvas, and obscures it; but part of the artist's address is legible below.]
  • inscription: back of canvas, blue crayon, handwritten: 1054
  • stamp: canvas, at back, black ink, stencilled: 52
  • inscription: canvas, at back, black ink, handwritten: von 1920
  • stamp: canvas, at back, black ink [faint], stamped: ARCHIPENKO / 77 RUE DENFORT-ROCHEREAU, PARIS
  • stamp: canvas, at back, blue ink, stamped: [ ] BERLIN PACKE[ ]
  • inscription: back of cardboard, black ink, handwritten: 30
  • inscription: back of cardboard, black ink, handwritten: painted: 1917
  • inscription: back of cardboard, blue ballpoint, handwritten: A. Dorner
  • inscription: back of cardboard, black ink, handwritten: [crossed out: Neue] Galerie, Neue Kunst / Hans Soltz, München
  • inscription: back of cardboard, graphite, handwritten: [two lines, illegible]
  • inscription: back of cardboard, blue ballpoint, handwritten: Als leitgabe v [sareens?]
  • inscription: back of cardboard, blue ballpoint, handwritten: Saved from wreckage of / Abstract Cabinet, 1936
  • inscription: back of frame, black marker, handwritten: R8169

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Alexander Dorner Trust
Copyright
© Estate of Alexander Archipenko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
1965.13
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Acquisitions, 1969-1970, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1970), reproduced in b/w, p. 82

Exhibition History

  • Art of the 20th Century, II: Cubism, Constructivism, and Abstract Art, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 04/09/1969 - 06/02/1969

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