Constantin Brâncuși

Romanian, 1876 - 1957

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Romanian sculptor, photographer and painter (1876-1960)

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Constantin Brâncuși, Agnes E. Meyer, 1929, marble, Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer, 1967.13.4

Agnes E. Meyer

Constantin Brâncuși · 1929 · marble ·  Accession ID  1967.13.4

The top section of this abstract sculpture is made up of a vertical, elongated form cast in gleaming brass that swells gently at the center and tapers to a point at either end. Near the bottom point, the form flares out slightly to make a tall, conical foot. This sits atop a short, cylindrical, white limestone base on a wood pedestal. The pedestal is carved to look like a disc at the center flanked above and below by semicircles with the flat edges facing up and down. The sculpture is photographed against a pale gray background.
Constantin Brâncuși, Bird in Space, 1927, brass, limestone, and wood, Given in loving memory of her husband, Taft Schreiber, by Rita Schreiber, 1989.31.3

Bird in Space

Constantin Brâncuși · 1927 · brass, limestone, and wood ·  Accession ID  1989.31.3

The top half of this abstract sculpture is made up of a vertical, elongated form carved from white marble that swells gently at the center and tapers to a point at either end. Near the bottom point, the form flares out slightly to make a tall, conical foot. This sits atop a base made of three stacked pieces that together are about the same height as the swelling form. First, just below the elongated form, a short cylinder sits on the center of a piece that would look like a plus sign if viewed from above. Both the cylinder and plus-sign are carved from cream-colored stone, so are a little darker than the whiter, swelling form above. The tall, dark brown wooden base below is carved in a shape like an angular hourglass.
Constantin Brâncuși, Bird in Space, 1925, marble, stone, and wood, Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer, 1967.13.3

Bird in Space

Constantin Brâncuși · 1925 · marble, stone, and wood ·  Accession ID  1967.13.3

A polished bronze, free-standing sculpture of an abstracted bird stands on a marble plinth set on a tall wood base. The bird form is created with an oblong, egg-shaped body. The head curves up like a hook and the end parts as if in a beak. The wings are tucked against the body. The bronze sculpture sits on a cream-white, tall marble cube. Shaped like an angular hourglass, the wood base is almost twice as high as the bronze sculpture and marble cube combined.
Constantin Brâncuși, Maiastra, c. 1911, polished bronze, Gift of Katharine Graham, 1980.75.1

Maiastra

Constantin Brâncuși · c. 1911 · polished bronze ·  Accession ID  1980.75.1

Constantin Brâncuși, Woman's Head, c. 1910, conté crayon with blind stylus on wove paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1971.66.2

Woman's Head

Constantin Brâncuși · c. 1910 · conté crayon with blind stylus on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1971.66.2