Alexander Archipenko, A Memorial Exhibition (exhibition catalogue), The UCLA Art Galleries, California, 1967, illustration of another cast p. 35 (as dating from 1908)
Katherine Jansky Michaelsen, Archipenko: A Study of the Early Works 1908-1920, New York & London, 1977, no. S118, illustration of the plaster version n.p. (as dating from 1928)
Alexander Archipenko (exhibition catalogue), Saarlandmuseum, Saarbrucken, 1986, illustration of the plaster p. 13 (as dating from 1908 / 1921 / 1928)
Anette Barth, Alexander Archipenkos plastisches oeuvre, vol. II, Frankfurt, 1997, illustration of the plaster p. 341 (as dating from circa 1928)
Alexander Archipenko (exhibition catalogue), Saarlandmuseum, Saarbrucken, 2008-09,  illustration of the plaster p. 124 (as dating from 1928)

Golden brown patina. Work is affixed to a base at one point on the underside. Verdigris visible scattered throughout which gives the work a textured appearence, otherwise this work is in very good condition.
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