Archipenko: The sculpture and graphic art. Including a print catalogue raisonné by Karshan, Donald - 1974

Tübingen: Ernst Wasmuth Verlag, 1974 4to (27,5 cm), 163 pp. Publisher's cloth & dust jacket (dust jacket little frayed at extremities). From the blurb: "The first analytical work on Archipenko sculpture and graphic art, by Donald Karshan, the recognized expert on the artist. Contending that Archipenko was the most inventive and influential sculptor of the first quarter of this century, the author compares Archipenko's works with those of his contemporaries. The early and revolutionary constructions and sculpto-paintings, clearly illustrated for the first time, are analyzed against the historical background of Picasso's constructions and assemblages. Archipenko's wide range of innovations, forming a basic vocabulary for much of modern sculpture, is described with earliest known examples referenced. An attempt is made to establish more accurate dates for several of the sculptor's most important works and to explain Arhcipenko's post-dating of several early sculptures. A profusely illustrated catalogue raisonné of Archipenko's complete graphic work of 1913 through 1963 describes each of his etchings, lithographs, serigraphs and mixed-media prints and compares them with related sculptures and drawings."