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philamuseum:

Happy Birthday Constantin Brancusi, born this day in 1876.

Here, a sampling of our vast Brancusi collection

Top row:

Bird in Space, 1924
Polished bronze; black marble base
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950

Mademoiselle Pogany [I], 1912
White marble; limestone block
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Gift of Mrs. Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee, 1933

Bottom row:

White Negress [I], 1923
Veined marble; marble two-part base
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950

The Kiss, 1916
Limestone
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950

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