The Archipenko Foundation supports scholarly exchange and the building of an international network.


Located in the former Archipenko Art School building are the Archipenko Archives and Research Center, assembled under the guidance of Frances Archipenko Gray with the collaboration of international scholars and institutions since 1960.

Alexander Archipenko conserved over twenty thousand single items of correspondence, notations, manuscripts, legal documents, catalogs, clippings, sculpture, and personal photographs.

Being concerned with permanent preservation and public access, Frances Archipenko Gray donated his archive to The Archives of American Art where it has been microfilmed and made available for scholarly research. Photographic prints of these microfilms have been used for the documentation of "Archipenko: International Visionary," published by the Smithsonian Institution in 1969 for the National Collection of Fine Arts in Washington, DC.

These records and the growing library are the basis for the current research center. Over the years the archived records have tripled, through research activities and the development of a custom designed electronic database.

•	Over 3000 files related to the documentation of each individual art work. They cover all media; sculpture, drawing, graphics, and painting, created from 1906-1963, as well as posthumous editions of sculptures.
•	The history of exhibitions with primary sources such as exhibition catalogs (including some with Archipenko's handwritten annotations), exhibition checklists, installation shots, shipping lists, reviews, and invitations.
•	Alexander Archipenko's biography and related source material, his writing about Creativity, teaching schedules, and slide lists for lectures.
•	Correspondence between Archipenko and other artists, such as Theo van Doesburg and Gela Forster (his first wife), museum directors including Alfred Barr and Erich Wiese, collectors, such as Peggy Guggenheim and Galka Scheyer, and dealers including Herwarth Walden and Katherine Kuh. The letters are typed or handwritten in English, German, French or Russian, but also in Czech and Italian, and show Archipenko as a multilingual and internationally connected artist.
•	Foundry records, which not only tell about the process of production, but are essential in establishing authenticity of works.

•	Approximately 300 vintage photographs documenting Archipenko's life. These include photographs from Paris and Berlin, taken at the beginning of the Twentieth century. Many photographs carry Archipenko's handwritten annotations.
•	Over 10,000 photos of art works attributed to Archipenko, including many taken during the artist’s lifetime. Our collection of digitized images is continuously expanding.
•	Slides used by Alexander Archipenko in his lectures on creativity.

•	The archive of the artist's estate, as described above. Currently The Archives of American Art are processing additional material which will be added to our library.