"Coquette"

(1950)

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"Coquette",  1950, by Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964), color lithograph , 14" x  10 1/8", full margins.  Edition of approximately 50 signed prints (from an intended edition of 250). Signed in blue crayon, lower right.  Printed by George Miller, New York. Published by Associated American Artists, New York. A very good, clean impression (Karshan 31).

Alexander Archipenko studied in the Kiev School of Art before arriving in Paris in 1908 where he occasionally attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts.  It was in 1910 that he became aware of the Cubists and began to adapt their ideas to his sculpture and art work. His works between 1910-20 tended to be somewhat geometric. It was during this period that he began to be exhibited widely throughout Europe.  Archipenko founded art schools in Europe and in 1923, New York.  He became an American citizen in 1928 and later joined Moholy-Nagy's New Bauhaus in 1937. Like Henry Moore, Archipenko worked masterfully in graphic arts including this beautiful color lithograph, "Coquette".

This Archipenko color lithograph is presented in a blue sculptured edged 22 3/8" x 26 1/2" frame textured with under tones of red-orange and a gold leaf lip. The wood fillet is a simple beveled gold leaf with slight scoop.   The outer Degas blue and 8-ply white bonded to 4-ply blue inner mats are acid and lignin free mats are protected with Acrylite-AR OP3 (UV) by CYRO …………. SOLD