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Alexander Archipenko

Artist

WA-00001248

Cubism

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None documented

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ157578

MoMA

Field Verification (6 fields)

0 cross-verified · 6 single-source

BiographyGallery Generic + Unknown· 72%
Birth yearUnknown· 30%
NationalityUnknown· 30%
Primary mediumUnknown· 30%
Profile imageUnknown· 30%
Death yearUnknown· 30%

Source Registry (3)

Kasminhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/alexander-archipenko
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/alexander-archipenko
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/209
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Cubism

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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Tate Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artworks (49)

Encircled Forms (Les formes encerclées) from the portfolio Living Forms (Les formes vivantes)

1963 · One from a portfolio of ten lithographs

composition: 17 x 27 5/8" (43.2 x 70.1 cm); sheet: 22 5/16 x 30" (56.7 x 76.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Luminosity of Forms (Luminosité des formes) from the portfolio Living Forms (Les formes vivantes)

1963 · One from a portfolio of ten lithographs

composition: 26 9/16 x 17 3/8" (67.5 x 44.1 cm); sheet: 30 1/8 x 22 1/8" (76.5 x 56.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Lovers (Les amoreux) from the portfolio Living Forms (Les formes vivantes)

1963 · One from a portfolio of ten lithographs

composition (irreg.): 22 5/8 x 14 13/16" (57.5 x 37.6 cm); sheet: 30 x 22 3/16" (76.2 x 56.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Majestic Forms (Les formes majestueuses) from the portfolio Living Forms (Les formes vivantes)

1963 · One from a portfolio of ten lithographs

composition (irreg.): 25 13/16 x 18 9/16" (65.6 x 47.2 cm); sheet: 29 15/16 x 22 1/8" (76.1 x 56.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Black Dance (La danse noire) from the portfolio Living Forms (Les formes vivantes)

1963 · One from a portfolio of ten lithographs

composition (irreg.): 21 1/4 x 10 1/4" (54 x 26.1 cm); sheet: 29 15/16 x 22 3/16" (76 x 56.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Family of One Form (La famille d'une forme) from the portfolio Living Forms (Les formes vivantes)

1963 · One from a portfolio of ten lithographs

composition (irreg.): 26 5/16 x 18" (66.9 x 45.7 cm); sheet: 30 x 22 1/8" (76.2 x 56.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Living Forms (Les formes vivantes)

1963 · Portfolio of ten lithographs

Sheet (each): 30 1/16 × 21 15/16" (76.3 × 55.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Group (Le groupe) from the portfolio Living Forms (Les formes vivantes)

1963 · One from a portfolio of ten lithographs

composition (irreg.): 26 3/16 x 17 15/16" (66.5 x 45.5 cm); sheet: 30 x 22 3/16" (76.2 x 56.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Rendezvous of Four Forms (Les rendez-vous des quatre formes) from the portfolio Living Forms (Les formes vivantes)

1963 · One from a portfolio of ten lithographs

composition (irreg.): 25 9/16 x 20 3/16" (64.9 x 51.3 cm); sheet: 29 15/16 x 22 1/8" (76 x 56.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Coronation of Forms (Le couronnement des formes) from the portfolio Living Forms (Les formes vivantes)

1963 · One from a portfolio of ten lithographs

composition (irreg.): 24 15/16 x 17 1/2" (63.4 x 44.5 cm); sheet: 30 x 22 3/16" (76.2 x 56.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Mannikins (Les mannequins) from the portfolio Living Forms (Les formes vivantes)

1963 · One from a portfolio of ten lithographs

composition (irreg.): 25 1/2 x 16 3/4" (64.8 x 42.5 cm); sheet: 29 15/16 x 22 3/16" (76.1 x 56.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate 2 from Futurists, Abstractionists, Dadaists: the Forerunners of the Avant-Garde, vol. I

1962 · Etching from an illustrated book with nineteen etchings (three with drypoint, two with aquatint, and one with aquatint and embossing) and one engraving

plate: 4 7/16 × 5 13/16" (11.2 × 14.8 cm); page: 11 3/4 × 9 7/16" (29.8 × 24 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Kneeling

1948 · Colored pencil, pen and blue ink, graphite, and silver metallic leaf on paper

22 × 14 in. (55.9 × 35.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Past

1926 · Polished silver

15 1/2 × 8 × 2 in., 1.5 lb. (39.4 × 20.3 × 5.1 cm, 0.7 kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Glorification of Beauty

1925 · Silvered brass

H.: 49.6 cm (19 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Standing Woman

1925 · Silver

20 5/16 × 4 3/4 × 4 1/2 in., 10.7 lb. (51.6 × 12.1 × 11.4 cm, 4.9 kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Reclining Torso

1922 · Black-glazed ceramic

37 × 53.3 × 20.3 cm (14 1/2 × 21 × 8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Angelica

1922 · Drypoint

plate: 6 7/8 x 4 7/16" (17.5 x 11.3 cm); sheet: 12 15/16 x 10 5/16" (32.8 x 26.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Three Female Figures

1921 · Color lithograph on wove paper

Image: 44 × 33.3 cm (17 3/8 × 13 1/8 in.); Sheet: 50.1 × 34.3 cm (19 3/4 × 13 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Bather) from the portfolio Alexandre Archipenko: Dreizehn Steinzeichnungen

1921 · One from a portfolio of thirteen lithographs

Sheet: 21 × 14 1/2" (53.3 × 36.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Three Female Figures) from the portfolio Alexandre Archipenko: Dreizehn Steinzeichnungen

1921 · One from a portfolio of thirteen lithographs

Sheet: 21 × 14 1/2" (53.3 × 36.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Two Standing Figures) from the portfolio Alexandre Archipenko: Dreizehn Steinzeichnungen

1921 · One from a portfolio of thirteen lithographs

Sheet: 21 × 14 1/2" (53.3 × 36.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Two Bending Figures) from the portfolio Alexandre Archipenko: Dreizehn Steinzeichnungen

1921 · One from a portfolio of thirteen lithographs

Sheet: 21 × 14 1/2" (53.3 × 36.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Two Figures) from the portfolio Alexandre Archipenko: Dreizehn Steinzeichnungen

1921 · One from a portfolio of thirteen lithographs

Sheet: 21 × 14 1/2" (53.3 × 36.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (6)

49 published of 88 catalogued · 81 with image

MoMA
35 publishedof 70 catalogued70 img
The Met
6 published
Art Institute Chicago
6 published6 img
Tate
1 published1 img
Whitney
1 published
+ 1 more source · 4 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

6 entries · 2 sources

Woman Combing Her Hair
1914 · Tate · 6 prov
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Images

Artsy

Art Institute of Chicago

Wikipedia

Relationships

Movements1

Cubism

Collections7

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago The Metropolitan Museum of Art Tate Whitney Museum of American Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Tate

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

Market

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Auction house

Christie's

Background

Education

Kyiv Art School

Visual Arts · 1905

Gottlieb Walker Gymnasium

Visual Arts · 1902

Beaux-Arts de Paris

Visual Arts

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