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Alexander Archipenko [NUMBERED, SIGNED BY ARCHIPENKO]

Hildebrandt, Hans (Preface by); Alexander Archipenko (Artwork by)

Berlin: Ukrainske Slowo, Buch- und Zeitungs-Verlag G.m.b.H., 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (12 1/4 x 9 1/4"). 16pp (Text); 1 color plate, 65 artworks on 48pp. (Plates), [2]pp (Index). Original tan quarter cloth over gray cloth with black lettering to gilt-stamped horizontal bars on cover. Back cover with blind-stamped publisher's device. Gray textured endpapers. Archipenko b/w portrait photograph on regular glossy paper, and Archipenko painting in color on heavy glossy paper, not paginated, following title page. Printed No. 25 (no stated limitation) and signed A. Archipenko on title page.

Splendidly illustrated throughout with sixty-five b/w illustrations of Archipenko's sculptures, paintings and sketches. This work is the first monograph devoted to Alexander Porfyrovych Archipenko (1887-1964), a renown Ukrainian avant-garde artist, sculptor, and graphic artist.

Text in German. Light wear along edges of binding, small chip at head of spine, this rubbed, and minor age-toning along edges of block. Light staining and rubbing of front cover. Missing front free endpaper. Block with light rippling at upper foredge due to water exposure. Binding in overall good to good+, interior in very good condition. Good to very good condition. Item #55081

Price: $950.00