Constantin Brâncuși (1876-1957)

L'Atelier, c. 1927

Details

Constantin Brâncusi (1876-1957)
L'Atelier, c. 1927
gelatin silver print, face-mounted to glass
image/sheet/face mount: 23 5/8 x 19 5/8 in. (60 x 49.9 cm.)

Provenance

The artist;
with Jason McCoy Gallery, New York;
with Robert Miller Gallery, New York;
Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York, 2011.

Exhibited

Basel, Switzerland, Foundation Beyeler: Constantin Brâncuși & Richard Serra, May 22 - August 8, 2011.
St. Louis, Missouri, Pulitzer Foundation: Brâncuși and Serra in Dialogue, February 5 - July 23, 2005.

Lot Essay

Like the light which heightens form in Vermeer interiors, each surface in Brâncuși's studio comes to life. In this place -- light, space, and form are one. Thoughts are alike and interchangeable. Distinctions between architecture, furniture and object, base and sculpture dissolve. Everything in the studio is suffused in the glow of Brâncuși's love and strength.

(Pontus Hultén, Brâncuși, Photographer, Agrinde Publications, New York, 1979, p. 9.)

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