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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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