CONSTANTIN BRÂNCU?I (1876–1957)
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CONSTANTIN BRÂNCUȘI (1876–1957)

Endless Column and the Cock, c. 1935

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CONSTANTIN BRÂNCU?I (1876–1957)
Endless Column and the Cock, c. 1935
gelatin silver print
image/sheet: 9 1/2 x 7 1/8 in. (24.1 x 18 cm.)
Provenance
Acquired from the artist by Agnes Ernst Meyer (1887–1970);
by descent to Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz (1914–2001);
gifted by the above to the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1996.
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Lot Essay

The present photograph was donated to the Museum by Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz (1914–2001), the second daughter of Agnes Ernst Meyer (1887–1970). As a journalist in New York, the elder Meyer met Stieglitz, Steichen and other artists within their circle; it was through this connection that she first met Brâncuși while on a trip to France in 1908, establishing what became a lifelong friendship. After her marriage to Eugene Meyer, Jr., a wealthy financier, she found herself in the position to collect the work of various significant artists of the time, including Paul Cézanne, John Marin, and Brâncuși.

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