Constantin Brancusi
Vue d'atelier

Vue d'atelier

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Vue d'atelier
Vue d'atelier
ArtistFrench, born Romania, 1876–1957
CultureRomanian
Titles
  • Vue d'atelier
  • View of the Studio
Datec. 1923
PlaceParis, France
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/4 × 7 1/16 in. (23.5 × 17.9 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/4 × 7 1/16 in. (23.5 × 17.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Lynch Foundation, courtesy of Mary Kurtz, in memory of Efrem Kurtz
Object number95.291
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

Best known for his pioneering abstract sculpture, Constantin
Brancusi often photographed his sculptures in various stages of completion. He
regularly lit and rearranged finished and unfinished pieces, creating what he
called “mobile groups” for the camera’s lens and for visitors to his studio. In
this photograph, Brancusi’s roughly hewn and smoothly polished geometric compositions
in wood, bronze, and marble form a complex abstract composition, softened by a
touch of the natural world. In a further visual twist, the polished bronze sculpture,
Le nouveau-né
(the newborn), serves as a kind
of mirror, reflecting areas of the studio outside the photograph’s frame.




Provenance[Christie's New York on October 5/6, 1995, lot 171]; purchased by MFAH, 1995.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, top center: 89:65 [upside down]
Inscribed in pencil, verso, upper center: 75 [circled]
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower right: 34

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