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451 ALEXANDER ARCHIPENKO
Two Figures
.
Etching, 1962. 120x151 mm; 4
1
/
2
x5
7
/
8
inches, full margins. Signed in ink, lower right, and
numbered 11/60 in pencil, lower left. Printed by Leblanc, Paris. Published by Galerie
Schwarz, Milan. From
International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving
. A very good
impression of this extremely scarce etching.
We have found only one other impression at auction in the past 30 years.
According to Karshan, “
Two Figures
is the smallest print in Archipenko’s oeuvre and the
only one using the etching technique (in contrast to drypoint). It is also the most
abbreviated image in his graphic output; the two figures being reduced to only five lines
and two punctuations for heads. The uneven, ragged width of the etched line increases
the tension of the composition’s buoyant calligraphy, with its implied mass.” Karshan 41.
[1,000/1,500]
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