Constantin Brancusi Romanian-French, 1876-1957
Length: 11 in.
This exceptional and very rare photographic print is only known in three examples, one of which is ours. It was given to the collector Georges Kasper by the artist in 1946. Mr. Kasper was a famous art critic and director of the Zurich National Museum for 15 years before opening his first art gallery in 1945. He was also very close to several other famous artists of the day such as Francis Picabia and Ferdinand Léger.
Provenance
Georges Kasper Collection
Exhibitions
Museum Collections:
Musée d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, the negative and positive on glass. Ref number: PH 79, leg Brancusi 1957.
Exhibited:
Foundation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland: Constantin Brâncusi & Richard Serra, May 22 - August 8, 2011.
Pulitzer Foundation, St. Louis, Missouri: Brâncusi and Serra in Dialogue, February 5 - July 23, 2005.
Literature
Similar image appears in:
Centre Pompidou La collection: L’atelier Brancusi, 2011 p.155.
Centre Georges Pompidou edition 1997 p.63.
A variation appears in:
Bajac, Quentin “Brancusi, Film, Photographie”, Centre Pompidou 2011 p.59.