Woman Combing Her Hair, model 1915, cast c. 1958

Not on View

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall: 180.7 x 47 x 42.9 cm (71 1/8 x 18 1/2 x 16 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1971.66.10

Artists / Makers

Alexander Archipenko (artist) American, born Russia (now Ukraine), 1887 - 1964

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Inscription

on base outside instep of proper left foot: Archipenko / 1915 / Paris A

Provenance

(Perls Gallery, New York); acquired February 1966 by Mr. [d. 1970] and Mrs. Lester Francis Avnet, Great Neck, Long Island, New York;[1] purchased 19 October 1971 by NGA.

[1] Reference card from the Collection of Joan and Lester Avnet, in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Avnet, Lester F., Estate of
Avnet, Lester Francis Mr. and Mrs.
Perls Galleries

Exhibition History

1968: The Collectors' Collections. An exhibition of paintings and sculpture from the private collections of Joan and Lester Avnet, Wilfred P. Cohen, Alfredo Valente, Swirbul Library, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, 1968, no. 24.

1974: Recent Acquisitions and Promised Gifts: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1974, no. XII, repro.

Bibliography

1960: Archipenko, Alexander, and Fifty Art Historians. Archipenko. Fifty Creative Years, 1908-1958. New York, 1960: 52, pl. 145.

1972: Richard, Paul. "Slipping Masters on The Walls." The Washington Post (August 19, 1972): C1-C2.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 22, repro.