Brancusi Bird In Space

Bird in space is a very abstract depiction of a bird and was made of 100 finest bronze.

Brancusi bird in space. Constantin brancusi french born romania. 17 11 16 inches 45 cm base. But it s not just bronze because for brancusi the pedestal was part of the sculpture.

He was preoccupied by the theme of the bird culminating in the sculpture bird in space of which he made 15 versions in marble and bronze and a number of plaster casts. It was sold in 2005 for 27 5 million at the time a record price for a sculpture sold in an auction. 6 5 16 inches 16 cm copyright.

In bird in space the sculptor eliminated wings and feathers elongated the swell of the body and reduced the head and beak to a slanted oval plane. And it s got a stone pedestal. A special feature is the shining colour of the sculpture.

Constantin brâncuși is considered the most influential sculptor of the 20th century and his most influential sculpture is considered to be the elegant bird in space 1923 1940 of which sixteen versions made from either bronze marble or plaster are known to exist today. Brancusi was a romanian who worked for almost his entire career in paris. The elliptical slender lines of these figures put the very essence of rapid flight into concrete form.

The modern art large sculpture bird in space l oiseau dans l espace was made after the design of the romanian sculptor constantin brancusi. He concentrated on the animals movement rather than their physical attributes. Constantin brancusi 1876 1957 was born in romania but from 1904 he lived and worked as a sculptor in paris.

Moma s 1928 bronze version is shown at left. The original work was created in 1923. He worked in lots of media and often pushed the materials to really new expressions.