Standing Woman Combing Hair
Artist
Alexander Archipenko
Ukrainian, 1887–1964, active in France and the United States
Datemodeled 1915, cast late 1950s
MediumBronze, blue patina
DimensionsH. 24 1/2 in. (62.2 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineBequest of Dr. Nell Hirschberg
Object number91.4
On View
Not on view[1] Perls Galleries inv. no. 4549
Published ReferencesAlexander Archipenko, et al., Archipenko: Fifty Creative Years, 1908-1958 (New York: privately published, 1960), illus.(b-w, another cast) no. 145 (as Woman Combing Her Hair, and dated 1915).
N. K. [Nina Kasanof], "September Loan Features Archipenko Sculpture," North Carolina Museum of Art Calendar of Art Events 7, no. 10 (August-September 1964), discussed and illus. (b-w) unnumbered pages.
North Carolina Collects (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1967), cat. no. 120, illus. (b-w).
[Donald H. Karshan, Archipenko: International Visionary (Washington, DC: 1969), illus. ( , another cast) pl. 53.]
Katherine Jánszky Michaelsen, Archipenko: A Study of His Early Works, 1908-1920 (Ph.D. diss., Columbia Univ., 1975) (New York: Garland Pub., 1977), cat. no. S59, discussed 70-71, illus. (b-w, another cast).
Donald Karshan, Archipenko: Sculpture, Drawings and Prints, 1908-1963 (Danville, KY: Centre College in association with Indiana University Press, 1985), listed (another cast) no. 28, illus. (b-w).
Katherine Jánszky Michaelsen, et al., Alexander Archipenko: A Centennial Tribute (Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1986), noted 25, illus. (b-w, another cast) fig. 4.
Steven Litt, "Art museum buys two works; donors give five more," Raleigh, NC: The News and Observer (January 10, 1991), 4B.
"Annual Report: Recent Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Winter 1991-92), illus. (b-w) 37.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Loan of the Month," September 1964.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "North Carolina Collects," October 10-29, 1967, cat. no. 120, illus. (b-w).
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Recent Acquisitions and Loans," July 16-October 1, 1972 (lent by Dr. Nell Hirschberg).
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Art for the People: Recent Museum Acquisitions," September 14, 1997-January 4, 1998. (Closing date extended to January 25, 1998)
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–October 30, 2023. Object Rights Statement
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