Walking Woman
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Walking Woman is a pioneering early 20th-century modernist sculpture by Alexander Archipenko that abstracts the female figure into simplified, geometric forms.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Walking Woman canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
modernist sculpture
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sculpture ⓘ |
| artForm | three-dimensional art ⓘ |
| artist | Alexander Archipenko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artisticInnovation |
fragmentation of the body into geometric units
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integration of voids and solids in the human figure ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
geometric abstraction
ⓘ
simplified forms ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Ukraine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Alexander Archipenko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorBirthCountry |
Russian Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ukraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorBirthPlace | Kyiv NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorNationality |
American
ⓘ
Ukrainian ⓘ |
| creatorOccupation |
painter
ⓘ
printmaker ⓘ sculptor ⓘ |
| depicts |
female figure
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woman ⓘ |
| dimensionType | freestanding sculpture ⓘ |
| genre | abstract art ⓘ |
| hasPart |
abstracted torso
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geometric shapes ⓘ simplified limbs ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early 20th-century avant-garde ⓘ |
| inception | early 20th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Cubism
ⓘ
Futurism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
bronze
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plaster ⓘ wood ⓘ |
| movement | Modernism ⓘ |
| movementDepicted | walking ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early example of abstract sculpture
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pioneering modernist treatment of the female figure ⓘ use of geometric simplification ⓘ |
| relatedWorkCreator | Alexander Archipenko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectHeading | walking woman ⓘ |
| theme |
abstraction of the human figure
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female body ⓘ motion ⓘ |
| visualCharacteristic |
abstract silhouette
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reduction of anatomical detail ⓘ simplified geometric volumes ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.