Act

Act

1920
Alexander Arkhipenko

1920s
33.5 × 55 cm
Paper, sangina
Berlin

Brief description

The pattern of the Berlin period is distinguished by the characteristic of A. Arkhipenko's art signature: the softness and at the same time the integrity of the form, as well as the incredible lightness  and freedom of movement of the lines. The work belongs to the figurative realizations of the master, so it can be attributed not so much to the preparatory drawings for the sculptures of an extremely hardworking artist, as to independent constant exercises in the study of the female figure.

Maria Cymbalista 
Head of Prints and Drawings department
From the collection of Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv.