Jun 12, 2008 - Sale 2149

Sale 2149 - Lot 2

Price Realized: $ 3,600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
ALEXANDER ARCHIPENKO
Sculpture Musicale.

Pen and black ink, pencil and ball-point pen and blue ink on pale blue wove paper, double-sided. 500x325 mm; 19 3/4x12 7/8 inches. Signed and titled in ball-point pen and blue ink, upper margin recto, and extensively annotated with fabrication, installation and color notes in ball-point pen and blue ink recto and verso.

A fascinating working drawing, showing ideas for a large-scale, outdoor polychrome sculpture--based on the form of a female nude.