Archipenko: The Sculpture and Graphic Art, Including a Print Catalogue Raisonné
Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1975. Item #1566
An important first U.S. edition of the foundational scholarly monograph on Alexander Archipenko (1887–1964), one of the foremost pioneers of modernist sculpture and a central figure in the Ukrainian and international avant-garde. Karshan’s work was the first sustained scholarly examination of both the sculptural and graphic oeuvre and remains an essential reference for collectors, scholars, and institutions.
163 pages with black-and-white plates throughout. Quarto (approx. 9.5 x 10.5 in.). Publisher’s blue cloth boards in original illustrated dust jacket. Includes photographic portrait frontispiece (“Alexander Archipenko, Paris 1918”), analytical essays, comprehensive print catalogue raisonné (1913–1963), exhibition history, biographical chronology, bibliography, and indexes. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Book clean, tight, and unmarked. Dust jacket lightly rubbed with mild edge wear.
Price: $250.00