The denied Archipenko

Alexander Archipenko : Horseman arhive photo

(http://www.3sat.de/mediathek/?mode=play&obj=56081).

 at 35 m 29 s,

 

Alexander Archipenko: Horseman.

Material : bronse 770 mm

Signed on the base: Archipenko 1916 Paris 5/4

In my think this is the only existing piece, which is the world's horseman  outstanding work.

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The most of statues of Archipenko - which were made in Europe before his going to USA - were lost, these were remained only on photos or in descriptions. For this reason Archipenco had to reproduct most of his European works in USA by remainder documents. In the case of Horseman, the statue remained, its documents were lost.

In 2014 the statue was examned by  the Brussels Laboratory.

The August last year the statue was presented to the Archipenko Foundation. Fracies Archipenko Gray gave the opinion that she does not think that it would be the work of Alexander Archipenko creation. For me it was unacceptable short unscientific opinion. She could not interpret the outcome of the Brussels Art Laboratory. The statue is the material of the high tin content to certify that the work was only the beginning of the twentieth century. The signature carved into the plinth and subsequently verified. The sculptural techniques and technology used in the compliance era. The sculpture carries convex and concave elements used by Archipenko. The mutilated body parts are connected into one imaginary. The buttons that is found only in the Pierrot Carussel.etc.

 I found an archive photo of a statue of a Fabergé documentary . "Faberge: A Life of Its Own" which I recently saw in the german television (http://www.3sat.de/mediathek/?mode=play&obj=56081). Ms Rosamund Bartlett speaks about the russian artists of avantgarde, some art works are displayed in the movie, among others, a sculpture about a man with a horse (at 35 m 29 s),