Constantin Brncui

The Endless Column (1938)

Born:February 19, 1876 Hobita, Romania

Died: March 16, 1957 Paris, France Romanian-born sculptor Movement: Modernism

Brancusi's Paris studio

-1933-

-1920-

Artwork

Table of Silence, 1938 The Gate of the Kiss, 1938

Portrait of Mademoiselle Pogany, 1912

Sleeping Muse

Madame L.R. (Portrait de Mme L.R.)

was sold at Christies auction of the Yves Saint Laurent collection of Art in 2009 for $37.2 million, making it the worlds 7th most expensive sculpture

The Kiss, 1916

The materials Brancusi used - primarily marble, stone, bronze, wood, and metal - guided the specific forms he produced. He died on March 16, 1957 at the age of 81 leaving 1200 photographs and 215 sculptures. He was buried in the Cimetire du Montparnasse in Paris.

In 2002, a sculpture by Brncui named "Danaide" was sold for $18.1 million, the highest that a sculpture piece had ever sold for at auction.In May 2005, a piece from the "Bird in Space" series broke that record, selling for $27.5 million in a Christie's auction. In the Yves Saint Laurent/Pierre Berg sale on February 23, 2009, another sculpture of Brncui, "Madame L.R.", was sold for 29.185 million ($37.2 million), setting a new historical record.
His works are housed in the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the National Museum of Art of Romania (Bucharest), and the National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.), as well as in other major museums around the world. The Philadelphia Museum of Art currently has the largest collection of Brncui sculptures in the United States

Danaide

Bird in the sky