Brancusi Bird In Space

The sculpture does not portray a figurative representation of what most people would recognize as a bird in flight.

Brancusi bird in space. He worked in lots of media and often pushed the materials to really new expressions. But it s not just bronze because for brancusi the pedestal was part of the sculpture. The bronze body which swells at its center and then tapers at both ends sits on a marble pedestal which in turn is supported by a wood base. And it s got a stone pedestal.

17 11 16 inches 45 cm base. This version cast in 1931 was acquired by yashwant rao holkar ii the young maharaja of indore for his art deco palace. 50 5 16 inches 127 8 cm circumference. The modern art large sculpture bird in space l oiseau dans l espace was made after the design of the romanian sculptor constantin brancusi.

Constantin brancusi 1876 1957 was born in romania but from 1904 he lived and worked as a sculptor in paris. Brancusi was a romanian who worked for almost his entire career in paris. Background music we re in the museum of modern art and we re looking at constantin brancusi s bird in space from 1928. Moma s 1928 bronze version is shown at left.

6 5 16 inches 16 cm copyright. Black marble base dimensions. He was preoccupied by the theme of the bird culminating in the sculpture bird in space of which he made 15 versions in marble and bronze and a number of plaster casts. It was sold in 2005 for 27 5 million at the time a record price for a sculpture sold in an auction.

Brancusi produced his first bird in space a sleek abstraction of flight in 1923. Bird in space is a very abstract depiction of a bird and was made of 100 finest bronze. So it looks like gold. He went on to create fifteen variations on the theme working in both bronze and marble.

Brancusi s bird in space is a tall slender sculpture made of bronze marble and wood. The elliptical slender lines of these figures put the very essence of rapid flight into concrete form. Constantin brancusi french born romania 1876 1957. The original work was created in 1923.

Constantin brâncuși is considered the most influential sculptor of the 20th century and his most influential sculpture is considered to be the elegant bird in space 1923 1940 of which sixteen versions made from either bronze marble or plaster are known to exist today. Maturity of polished bronze sculptures all entitled bird in space. During his visit to brancusi s studio in 1933 the maharaja also reserved two other birds in space in black marble and white today at the national gallery of australia. He concentrated on the animals movement rather than their physical attributes.

Constantin brancusi french born romania. In bird in space the sculptor eliminated wings and feathers elongated the swell of the body and reduced the head and beak to a slanted oval plane. From the 1920s to the 1940s the theme of a bird in flight preoccupied brancusi. A special feature is the shining colour of the sculpture.

Bird in space l oiseau dans l espace is a series of sculptures by romanian sculptor constantin brâncuși.