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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1965.438
People
Alexander Archipenko, American (Kiev, Ukraine [Soviet Union] 1887 - 1964 New York, NY, USA)
Title
Female Nude
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1919
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308796

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Colored pencil and chalk on pinkish-tan wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 50.9 x 31.7 cm (20 1/16 x 12 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r., colored pencil: Archipenko
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: 54 [encircled] / 50
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: R
  • inscription: old mat (now in curatorial file), graphite: F.M. 79.1945 / Archipenko / Female Nude / Lent - Mr. P.J. Sachs
  • label: old backing (now in curatorial file), ink, printed: Fred Olsson's Art Shop / 9 BOYLSTON STREET / HARVARD SQ. / CAMBRIDGE - MASS.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[E. Weyhe, New York, New York], sold; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts (L. 2091), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Copyright
© Estate of Alexander Archipenko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
1965.438
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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