Tete d'enfant and Buste d’enfant, 1906

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CONSTANTIN BRÂNCUSI (1876–1957)
Tete d'enfant and Buste d’enfant, 1906
two gelatin silver prints, each mounted on board
each credited, titled, and dated on affixed gallery labels (frame backing boards)

Tete d'enfant:
image/sheet: 4 1/2 x 3 in. (11.4 x 7.6 cm.)
mount: 10 5/8 x 9 1/4 in. (26.9 x 23.4 cm.)

Buste d'enfant:
image: 9 3/8 x 7 in. (23.8 x 17.7 cm.)
mount: 16 x 13 3/8 in. (40.6 x 33.9 cm.)
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Provenance

Tete d'enfant:
Galerie de France, Paris;
acquired from the above by the present owner, 2013.

Buste d'Enfant:
Archives de la revue Luceafărul, Budapest;
Galerie de France, Paris;
acquired from the above by the present owner, 2013.

Literature

Tete d'enfant: Freidrich Teja Bach, Brancusi: Photo Reflexion, Didier Imbert Fine Art, Paris, 1991, pp. 52-53.
Buste d’enfant: Pontus Hulten et al., Brancusi, Flammarion, Paris, 1986. p. 67 & 277.

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Lot Essay

In the photographs on offer here of Tete d'enfant and Buste d’enfant, 1906, showing two of Brancusi’s early sculptures, the artist works in a classical style and explores the early theme of the head and early childhood.

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