Artist Monograph

Alexander Archipenko, American

American, born Ukraine. 1887–1964

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	25	71.4%
Sculpture	4	11.4%
Other Media	4	11.4%
Drawing	1	2.9%
Etching	1	2.9%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	30	85.7%
Painting & Sculpture	5	14.3%

Production by Decade

1910s

1920s

1960s

Classification Types

Print — 28
Sculpture — 5
Drawing — 1
Illustrated Book — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	4	11.4%
Medium (30–100 cm)	31	88.6%

Range: 14.8 cm → 83.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1943	1
1950	14
1953	1
1966	1
1967	1
1969	16
1970	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 35 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Madonna of the Rocks Sculpture Acc. 1073.1969	1912	Painted plaster	21 x 13 x 14" (53.2 x 32.8 x 35.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 14.52 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Frances Archipenko Gray and Perls Galleries
Figure in Movement Drawing Acc. 806.1969	1913	Cut-and-pasted painted paper, conté crayon, and colored pencil on colored paper	18 7/8 x 12 3/8" (47.9 x 31.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Perls Galleries
Boxing Sculpture Acc. 567.1966	1914 (cast 1966)	Bronze	23 1/4 x 18 1/4 x 15 7/8" (59.1 x 46.3 x 40.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 29.03 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Given anonymously
Gondolier Sculpture Acc. 1052.1969	1914 (cast 1966)	Bronze	33 x 11 7/8 x 10 1/8" (83.8 x 30.1 x 25.5 cm) including base ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Frances Archipenko Gray in honor of Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Woman Combing Her Hair Sculpture Acc. 581.1943	1915	Bronze	13 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/8" (35 x 8.3 x 8 cm) including base ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange)
Bending Print Acc. 853.1969	1920, printed postumously 1967	Drypoint	plate: 9 5/8 × 5 11/16" (24.5 × 14.5 cm); sheet: 16 1/8 × 8 1/8" (41 × 20.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Frances Archipenko
Glass on a Table Sculpture Acc. 141.1953	1920	Painted wood and plaster	16 1/8 x 13 x 1 1/4" (41 x 33 x 3.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Katherine S. Dreier Bequest
Kneeling Print Acc. 854.1969	1920, printed postumously, 1967	Drypoint	plate: 7 x 5" (17.8 x 12.7 cm); sheet: 13 1/4 x 11" (33.7 x 27.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Frances Archipenko
Alexandre Archipenko: Dreizehn Steinzeichnungen Print Acc. 285.1950.1-13	1921	Portfolio of thirteen lithographs	Sheet (each): 21 × 14 1/2" (53.3 × 36.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled (Bather) from the portfolio Alexandre Archipenko: Dreizehn Steinzeichnungen Print Acc. 285.1950.11	1921	One from a portfolio of thirteen lithographs	Sheet: 21 × 14 1/2" (53.3 × 36.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled (Construction) from the portfolio Alexandre Archipenko: Dreizehn Steinzeichnungen Print Acc. 285.1950.8	1921	One from a portfolio of thirteen lithographs	Sheet: 21 × 14 1/2" (53.3 × 36.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled (Figure Study) from the portfolio Alexandre Archipenko: Dreizehn Steinzeichnungen Print Acc. 285.1950.12	1921	One from a portfolio of thirteen lithographs	Sheet: 21 × 14 1/2" (53.3 × 36.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled (Laokoon) from the portfolio Alexandre Archipenko: Dreizehn Steinzeichnungen Print Acc. 285.1950.1	1921	One from a portfolio of thirteen lithographs	Sheet: 14 1/2 × 21" (36.8 × 53.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled (Standing Woman) from the portfolio Alexandre Archipenko: Dreizehn Steinzeichnungen Print Acc. 285.1950.7	1921	One from a portfolio of thirteen lithographs	Sheet: 21 × 14 1/2" (53.3 × 36.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled (Still Life with Vase) from the portfolio Alexandre Archipenko: Dreizehn Steinzeichnungen Print Acc. 285.1950.4	1921	One from a portfolio of thirteen lithographs	Sheet: 21 × 14 1/2" (53.3 × 36.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled (Still Life) from the portfolio Alexandre Archipenko: Dreizehn Steinzeichnungen Print Acc. 285.1950.3	1921	One from a portfolio of thirteen lithographs	Sheet: 14 1/2 × 21" (36.8 × 53.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled (Three Female Figures) from the portfolio Alexandre Archipenko: Dreizehn Steinzeichnungen Print Acc. 285.1950.13	1921	One from a portfolio of thirteen lithographs	Sheet: 21 × 14 1/2" (53.3 × 36.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled (Two Bending Figures) from the portfolio Alexandre Archipenko: Dreizehn Steinzeichnungen Print Acc. 285.1950.10	1921	One from a portfolio of thirteen lithographs	Sheet: 21 × 14 1/2" (53.3 × 36.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled (Two Figures) from the portfolio Alexandre Archipenko: Dreizehn Steinzeichnungen Print Acc. 285.1950.6	1921	One from a portfolio of thirteen lithographs	Sheet: 21 × 14 1/2" (53.3 × 36.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled (Two Standing Figures) from the portfolio Alexandre Archipenko: Dreizehn Steinzeichnungen Print Acc. 285.1950.2	1921	One from a portfolio of thirteen lithographs	Sheet: 21 × 14 1/2" (53.3 × 36.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled (Two Women, One Seated) from the portfolio Alexandre Archipenko: Dreizehn Steinzeichnungen Print Acc. 285.1950.9	1921	One from a portfolio of thirteen lithographs	Sheet: 21 × 14 1/2" (53.3 × 36.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled (Two Women) from the portfolio Alexandre Archipenko: Dreizehn Steinzeichnungen Print Acc. 285.1950.5	1921	One from a portfolio of thirteen lithographs	Sheet: 21 × 14 1/2" (53.3 × 36.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Angelica Print Acc. 852.1969	1922, printed postumously 1967	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Frances Archipenko
Plate 2 from Futurists, Abstractionists, Dadaists: the Forerunners of the Avant-Garde, vol. I Illustrated Book Acc. 521.1967.2	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter Deitsch Gallery
Coronation of Forms (Le couronnement des formes) from the portfolio Living Forms (Les formes vivantes) Print Acc. 851.1969.6	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Fund (by exchange)
Encircled Forms (Les formes encerclées) from the portfolio Living Forms (Les formes vivantes) Print Acc. 851.1969.7	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Fund (by exchange)
Living Forms (Les formes vivantes) Print Acc. 851.1969.1-10	1963	Portfolio of ten lithographs	Sheet (each): 30 1/16 × 21 15/16" (76.3 × 55.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Fund (by exchange)
Majestic Forms (Les formes majestueuses) from the portfolio Living Forms (Les formes vivantes) Print Acc. 851.1969.9	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Fund (by exchange)
Rendezvous of Four Forms (Les rendez-vous des quatre formes) from the portfolio Living Forms (Les formes vivantes) Print Acc. 851.1969.10	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Fund (by exchange)
The Black Dance (La danse noire) from the portfolio Living Forms (Les formes vivantes) Print Acc. 851.1969.2	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Fund (by exchange)
The Family of One Form (La famille d'une forme) from the portfolio Living Forms (Les formes vivantes) Print Acc. 851.1969.5	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Fund (by exchange)
The Group (Le groupe) from the portfolio Living Forms (Les formes vivantes) Print Acc. 851.1969.3	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Fund (by exchange)
The Lovers (Les amoreux) from the portfolio Living Forms (Les formes vivantes) Print Acc. 851.1969.1	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Fund (by exchange)
The Luminosity of Forms (Luminosité des formes) from the portfolio Living Forms (Les formes vivantes) Print Acc. 851.1969.8	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Fund (by exchange)
The Mannikins (Les mannequins) from the portfolio Living Forms (Les formes vivantes) Print Acc. 851.1969.4	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Fund (by exchange)