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Alexander Archipenko

Alexander Archipenko (1887 - 1964) was active/lived in New York, California / France, Russian Federation.  Alexander Archipenko is known for Modernist sculpture, drawing-figure, etching.

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© 2001 Estate of Alexander Archipenko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
An energetic teacher and pioneering modernist sculptor of abstract human forms, Alexander Archipenko created one of the first multi-media sculptures, composing it of wood, glass and wire.   He experimented continuously with the effects of negative and positive space.  He began his career with a Cubist style and then turned to simplified, abstract shapes with hollowed out parts of the bodies, especially where one might expect curves.

His American works include Archipentura, a machine he invented in 1924 that showed paintings in motion.

He was born in Kiev, Russia and studied at the art school in his native Kiev from 1902 to 1905, when he was expelled for criticizing the academic attitudes of his teachers.  In 1906 he moved to Moscow and in 1908 to Paris, where he left the Ecole des Beaux-Arts after two weeks' study, again showing his impatience of discipline. Instead, he studied ancient and medieval sculpture in the Louvre, a   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 11142 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Alexander Archipenko

   Publications  Book References:  94
Magazine References:  8

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8 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Alexander Archipenko
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review American Studio Sculpture: December 2004 Early 20th Century Works Yes
Art in America Collectors: Cosmopolitan California March 2004 Duncan, Michael No
ARTnews Walking a Tightrope Without a Net March 2004 Thomas, Kelly Devine Yes
Art-Talk Auction June 2003 Editor, Art-Talk Yes
Art & Antiques Gallery Watch December 2002 Editors, Art & Antiques Yes
American Art Review Portland Museum of Art June 2000 Levesque, Kristen Yes
Art & Auction The Art Show February 2000 Adams, Rebecca Knapp Yes
ARTnews Art Talk June 1996 Editors, ARTnews Yes
94 Book References for Alexander Archipenko
Year Author Title Pages Color
2006 Smith, Anita M Woodstock History and Hearsay (Second Edition) 335 Yes
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2005 Janovy, Karen O. (Editor); David Cateforis (Intro) Sculpture From the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery 246 Yes
2002 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California: 1786-1940 (Two Volumes)
Available For Sale.
1249 No
2002 Komanecky, Michael K. (editor) Phoenix Art Museum Collection Highlights 352 Yes
1999 Editor, Smith College Museum Masterworks of American Painting and Sculpture from Smith College Museum 307 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1999 Passantino, Erika D (editor) The Eye of Duncan Phillips A Collection in the Making 819 Yes
1996 Addison Gallery Addison Gallery of American Art 65 Years A Selective Catalogue
(Exhibition catalog)
512 Yes
1996 Barbara and Peter Toohil Accents on Artists A fact-filled pronunciation guide. Over 800 artist’s names you should know… 363 Yes
1996 Demetrion, James T (Introduction) Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 195 Works of Art 166 Yes
1994 Craven, Wayne American Art History and Culture 687 Yes
1994 National Gallery of Art Sculpture An Illustrated Catalogue
(Exhibition catalog)
283 No
1994 Reynolds, Donald Martin Masters of American Sculpture: The Figurative Tradition From the American Renaissance to the Millenium 275 Yes
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)
1117 No
1990 Hall, Donald/Pat C Wykes Anecdotes of Modern Art From Rousseau to Warhol 377 No
1990 Hirschl & Adler Galleries Counterpoint Two Centuries of American Masters
(Exhibition catalog)
112 Yes
1990 Leavitt, Thomas (Intro); Richard Schwartz; Frank H.T. Rhodes Cornell Collects: A Celebration of American Art from the Collections of Alumni and Friends, Cornell University
(Exhibition catalog)
196 Yes
1990 Plimpton, George; J. Carter Brown Sport in Art From American Museums
(Exhibition catalog)
128 Yes
1990 Prince, Sue Ann The Old Guard and Avant-Garde Modernism in Chicago 1910-1940 304 Yes
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)
538 No
1988 Columbus Museum of Art The American Collections Columbus Museum of Art 271 Yes
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1988 Finch, Christopher Twentieth Century Watercolors 310 Yes
1988 Read, Herbert A Concise History of Modern Painting 418 Yes
1987 Cummings, Paul Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition) 653 No
1987 Michaelsen, Katherine Alexander Archipenko: A Centennial Tribute
(Exhibition catalog)
0 No
1987 Woodstock Art Association Woodstock's Art Heritage Permanent Collection Woodstock A A 176 Yes
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Centre College ( Danville KY ) Archipenko Sculpture, Drawings and Prints 1908-1963
(Exhibition catalog)
192 Yes
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1984 Barnett, Vivian Endicott 100 Works by Modern Masters From the Guggenheim Museum 211 Yes
1984 Clark-Langager, Sarah Order and Enigma
(Exhibition catalog)
95 No
1984 Craven, Wayne Sculpture in America (new and revised edition) 782 No
1984 Hirschl & Adler Galleries The Art of Collecting
(Exhibition catalog)
65 Yes
1984 Marlor, Clark S The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944
(Exhibition catalog)
600 No
1984 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present 656 No
1983 Bermingham, Peter/Daphne Deeds Paintings and Sculpture In the Permanent Collection 273 Yes
1982 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists 372 No
1982 Stebbins, Theodore/G Gorokhoff American Paintings at Yale University: An illustrated Checklist
(Exhibition catalog)
213 No
1981 Osborne, Harold The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Art 656 Yes
1980 Barnett, Vivian Endicott The Guggenheim Museum Collection Handbook/ 1900-1980 526 Yes
1979 Baigell, Mathew Dictionary of American Art 390 No
1979 Doumato, Lamia American Drawing A Guide to Information Sources 246 No
1979 Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 1 (Sculpture, the West etc) 730 No
1979 Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics) 736 No
1979 Taylor, Joshua C The Fine Arts in America 264 No
1977 Barr, Alfred H Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art 655 No
1977 Ekdahl, Janis American Sculpture A Guide to Information Sources 260 No
1977 Marling, Karal Ann Woodstock, An American Art Colony 1902-1977
(Exhibition catalog)
220 No
1977 Shepard, Lewis A; David Paley, Frank Trapp American Art at Amherst: A Summary Catalogue of the Collection At the Mead Art Gallery Amherst College
(Exhibition catalog)
252 Yes
1976 Anderson, Dennis R (Introductory Essay) Three Hundred Years of American Art In The Chrysler Museum
(Exhibition catalog)
270 Yes
1976 Armstrong, Tom 200 Years of American Sculpture
(Exhibition catalog)
336 Yes
1976 McCabe, Cynthia Jaffee The Golden Door Artist-Immigrants of America, 1876-1976 432 Yes
1975 Editor, Smithsonian Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection 0 No
1975 Mason, Lauris/Joan Ludman Print Reference Sources Bibliography 18th-20th Centuries 246 No
1975 Wolfram, Eddie History of Collage An Anthology of Collage, Assemblage & Event Sructures 192 Yes
1974 Baur, John I H Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection 235 Yes
1974 Gerdts, William H The Great American Nude A History in Art 224 Yes
1974 Karshan, Donald M Archipenko The Sculpture and Graphic Art 164 No
1974 Read, Herbert A Concise History of Modern Sculpture 310 Yes
1973 Davidson, Marshall The Artist's America American Heritage History of 416 Yes
1973 Mendelowitz, Daniel M A History of American Art 662 No
1973 Onn, Gerald (Translator) Phaidon Dictionary of Twentieth Century Art 0 No
1973 Pace Gallery Archipenko at Pace
(Exhibition catalog)
32 No
1972 Karpel, Bernard/Walt Kuhn The Armory Show International Exhibition of Art 1913
(Exhibition catalog)
286 No
1971 Bell, David Praeger Encyclopedia of Art (4 volumes) 2139 Yes
1970 Guggenheim Museum Guggenheim Museum Collection Selections from/1900-1970 437 Yes
1969 Curator American Art from the Denver Art Museum Collection 127 No
1969 Faulkner, Ray; Edwin Ziegfeld Art Today 542 Yes
1969 Karshan, Donald H Archipenko International Visionary 118 Yes
1969 Lieberman, William Twentieth Century Art From the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection
(Exhibition catalog)
139 Yes
1969 Schug, Albert Art of the Twentieth Century 264 Yes
1968 Agee, William C The 1930's Painting & Sculpture in America
(Exhibition catalog)
80 Yes
1967 Ashton, Dore Modern American Sculpture 130 Yes
1967 Janis, Harriet/Rudi Blesh Collage: Personalities, Concepts, Techniques 342 No
1967 Karshan, Donald/F S Wight Alexander Archipenko
(Exhibition catalog)
80 Yes
1967 North Carolina Museum of Art North Carolina Collects (loan exhibition N Carolina owned)
(Exhibition catalog)
192 No
1966 Cheney, Sheldon A Primer of Modern Art 392 No
1965 Breeskin, Adelyn D Roots of Abstract Art in America, 1910-1930 (Smithsonian Institution)
(Exhibition catalog)
84 Yes
1965 Kuh, Katherine Break Up The Core of Modern Art 136 Yes
1963 Brown, Milton W The Story of the Armory Show
(Exhibition catalog)
320 No
1963 Vigtel, Gudmund The New Tradition Modern Americans Before 1940
(Exhibition catalog)
68 Yes
1961 Goodrich, Lloyd/John I H Baur American Art of Our Century 309 Yes
1961 Rosenblum, Robert Cubism and Twentieth Century Art 328 Yes
1960 Alexander Archipenko Archipenko: creative fifty years, 1908-1958 0 Yes
1958 Cheney, Sheldon The Story of Modern Art 723 Yes
1955 Hayes, Bartlett H Jr The Naked Truth and Personal Vision The Length of the Artistic Road (Addison Gallery)
(Exhibition catalog)
112 Yes
1951 Baur, John I H Revolution and Tradition in Modern American Art 170 No
1942 Guggenheim, Peggy Art of this Century 1910-1942 156 No
1939 Cheney, Martha Candler Modern Art in America 190 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1934 Barr, Alfred Jr. (Essay); A Conger Goodyear (Intro) Modern Works of Art: Fifth Anniversary Exhibition Museum of Modern Art, New York
(Exhibition catalog)
160 No
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