Lot 210
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Alexander Archipenko
Flat Torso, 1914.
Polished Bronze
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 34,800 - 46,400
Alexander Archipenko
1887 - 1964
Flat Torso. 1914.
Polished Bronze.
With the signature and the date on the reverse of the plinth. Height: 38.1 cm (15 in). Height incl. base: 49 cm (19,2 in).
Lifetime cast, executed before 1947. [AW].
• Lifetime cast.
• Reduced bronze of timeless elegance.
• Archipenko elevates the relationship between sculpture and space, volume and line, to the decisive criterion.
• The years up to around 1923 were Archipenko's most prolific period.
• Archipenko's sculptures are among the most innovative expressions of avant-garde plastic art.
• Other copies of this “Flat Torso” are in renowned collections, including those of the Kunstmuseum Basel, the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, and the Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin..
PROVENANCE: Collection of Mr. & Ms. Otho de Vilbiss, Florida/USA (acquired from the artist in 1947, until 1977: Sotheby's).
Galerie Valentien, Stuttgart (acquired from the above in 1977).
Private collection, southern Germany (acquired from the above in 1978).
Galerie Valentien, Stuttgart (since 2008, purchased from the above).
EXHIBITION: Skulpturen aus sieben Jahrhunderten, Galerie Valentien, Stuttgart, 1978(with illustration).
Klassische Moderne – eine Auswahl, Galerie Valentien, Stuttgart, November 25, 2024–February 28, 2025, cat. pp. 4–5 (with illustration).
LITERATURE: Hans Hildebrandt, Alexander Archipenko. Son oeuvre, Berlin 1923, catalogue number 20 (copy in marble).
Anette Barth, Alexander Archipenko's plastisches Oeuvre. Vol. 2: Catalogue raisonné, Frankfurt am Main 1997, catalogue number 59 (copy in marble).
The work is listed in the catalogue raisonné on the official website of the Alexander Archipenko Foundation under catalogue raisonné no. “s.14-02” and work no. “5554”.
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(selection)
Ivan Goll, Archipenko, New York 1920, p. 2 (with illustration, marble copy).
Alexander Archipenko, Archipenko. Fifty creative years. 1908-1958, New York 1960 (with ill. pl. 205 and 206, different copies).
Albert E. Elsen, Origin of Modern Sculpture: Pioneers and Premises, New York 1974, p. 111 (with ill. plate 132, different copy).
Donald H. Karshan, Archipenko, The Sculpture and Graphic Art, Tübingen 1974, p. 33 (different copy).
Katherina J. Michelsen, Archipenko, A Study of Early Works, 1908-1920, New York 1977, p. 175 (with ill. pl. 49, different copy).
Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, October 21, 1977, lot 318 (with ill.).
Donald H. Karshan, Archipenko Sculpture, Danville Kentucky 1985, cat. no. 26a-c, p. 58, p. 74f. (different copies).
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 15.26 h +/- 20 min.
1887 - 1964
Flat Torso. 1914.
Polished Bronze.
With the signature and the date on the reverse of the plinth. Height: 38.1 cm (15 in). Height incl. base: 49 cm (19,2 in).
Lifetime cast, executed before 1947. [AW].
• Lifetime cast.
• Reduced bronze of timeless elegance.
• Archipenko elevates the relationship between sculpture and space, volume and line, to the decisive criterion.
• The years up to around 1923 were Archipenko's most prolific period.
• Archipenko's sculptures are among the most innovative expressions of avant-garde plastic art.
• Other copies of this “Flat Torso” are in renowned collections, including those of the Kunstmuseum Basel, the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, and the Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin..
PROVENANCE: Collection of Mr. & Ms. Otho de Vilbiss, Florida/USA (acquired from the artist in 1947, until 1977: Sotheby's).
Galerie Valentien, Stuttgart (acquired from the above in 1977).
Private collection, southern Germany (acquired from the above in 1978).
Galerie Valentien, Stuttgart (since 2008, purchased from the above).
EXHIBITION: Skulpturen aus sieben Jahrhunderten, Galerie Valentien, Stuttgart, 1978(with illustration).
Klassische Moderne – eine Auswahl, Galerie Valentien, Stuttgart, November 25, 2024–February 28, 2025, cat. pp. 4–5 (with illustration).
LITERATURE: Hans Hildebrandt, Alexander Archipenko. Son oeuvre, Berlin 1923, catalogue number 20 (copy in marble).
Anette Barth, Alexander Archipenko's plastisches Oeuvre. Vol. 2: Catalogue raisonné, Frankfurt am Main 1997, catalogue number 59 (copy in marble).
The work is listed in the catalogue raisonné on the official website of the Alexander Archipenko Foundation under catalogue raisonné no. “s.14-02” and work no. “5554”.
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(selection)
Ivan Goll, Archipenko, New York 1920, p. 2 (with illustration, marble copy).
Alexander Archipenko, Archipenko. Fifty creative years. 1908-1958, New York 1960 (with ill. pl. 205 and 206, different copies).
Albert E. Elsen, Origin of Modern Sculpture: Pioneers and Premises, New York 1974, p. 111 (with ill. plate 132, different copy).
Donald H. Karshan, Archipenko, The Sculpture and Graphic Art, Tübingen 1974, p. 33 (different copy).
Katherina J. Michelsen, Archipenko, A Study of Early Works, 1908-1920, New York 1977, p. 175 (with ill. pl. 49, different copy).
Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, October 21, 1977, lot 318 (with ill.).
Donald H. Karshan, Archipenko Sculpture, Danville Kentucky 1985, cat. no. 26a-c, p. 58, p. 74f. (different copies).
Called up: December 6, 2025 - ca. 15.26 h +/- 20 min.
210
Alexander Archipenko
Flat Torso, 1914.
Polished Bronze
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 34,800 - 46,400
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Alexander Archipenko "Flat Torso"
This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation, artist‘s resale right compensation is due.
Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 34 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 29 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 22 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The buyer's premium contains VAT, however, it is not shown.
Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The statutory VAT of currently 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
We kindly ask you to notify us before invoicing if you wish to be subject to regular taxation.
Calculation of artist‘s resale right compensation:
For works by living artists, or by artists who died less than 70 years ago, a artist‘s resale right compensation is levied in accordance with Section 26 UrhG:
4 % of hammer price from 400.00 euros up to 50,000 euros,
another 3 % of the hammer price from 50,000.01 to 200,000 euros,
another 1 % for the part of the sales proceeds from 200,000.01 to 350,000 euros,
another 0.5 % for the part of the sale proceeds from 350,000.01 to 500,000 euros and
another 0.25 % of the hammer price over 500,000 euros.
The maximum total of the resale right fee is EUR 12,500.
The artist‘s resale right compensation is VAT-exempt.
Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 34 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 29 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 22 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The buyer's premium contains VAT, however, it is not shown.
Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The statutory VAT of currently 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
We kindly ask you to notify us before invoicing if you wish to be subject to regular taxation.
Calculation of artist‘s resale right compensation:
For works by living artists, or by artists who died less than 70 years ago, a artist‘s resale right compensation is levied in accordance with Section 26 UrhG:
4 % of hammer price from 400.00 euros up to 50,000 euros,
another 3 % of the hammer price from 50,000.01 to 200,000 euros,
another 1 % for the part of the sales proceeds from 200,000.01 to 350,000 euros,
another 0.5 % for the part of the sale proceeds from 350,000.01 to 500,000 euros and
another 0.25 % of the hammer price over 500,000 euros.
The maximum total of the resale right fee is EUR 12,500.
The artist‘s resale right compensation is VAT-exempt.
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