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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf modernist sculpture
sculpture
artForm three-dimensional art
artist Alexander Archipenko NERFINISHED
artisticInnovation fragmentation of the body into geometric units
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
woman
dimensionType freestanding sculpture
genre abstract art
hasPart abstracted torso
geometric shapes
simplified limbs
historicalContext early 20th-century avant-garde
inception early 20th century
influencedBy Cubism
Futurism NERFINISHED
materialUsed bronze
plaster
wood
movement Modernism
movementDepicted walking
notableFor early example of abstract sculpture
pioneering modernist treatment of the female figure
use of geometric simplification
relatedWorkCreator Alexander Archipenko NERFINISHED
subjectHeading walking woman
theme abstraction of the human figure
female body
motion
visualCharacteristic abstract silhouette
reduction of anatomical detail
simplified geometric volumes

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Alexander Archipenko notableWork Walking Woman
Michael Snow notableWork Walking Woman