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Constantin Brancusi

Constantin Brancusi

Artist

WA-00000131

SculptureCubismExpressionismAbstract Art

Representation

None documented

64

Institutional Exhibitions

66

Works in Collection

105

Assets Indexed

4

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (1)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Artist's Choice: Burton on Brancusi

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Sculptors' Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986

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From the Gilman Collection: Photographs Preserved in Ink

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984–1985

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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

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The Modern Drawing: 100 Works on Paper from The Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983–1984

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Masterpieces from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1982–1983

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A Century of Modern Drawing, 1881�1981

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1982

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Masterpieces from the Collection: Selections from the Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Centuries

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980–1981

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Reinstallation of the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980

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Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

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Art of the Twenties

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979–1980

Field Verification (4 fields)

0 cross-verified · 4 single-source

BiographyUnknown· 30%
LocationUnknown· 30%
NationalityUnknown· 30%
Profile imageUnknown· 30%

Source Registry (3)

Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/constantin-brancusi
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Pace-Galleryhttps://www.pacegallery.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/738
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

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Movement

Cubism

Medium

Sculpture

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (66)

Bird in Space

1941 · Bronze 6' (182.9 cm) high, on two-part stone pedestal 17 3/8" (44.1 cm) high

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Endless Column)

Untitled (Endless Column)

1937 · Gelatin silver print

9 3/8 × 7" (24.0 × 17.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1934 · Gelatin silver print

9 3/8 × 7" (23.9 × 17.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Blond Negress II

Blond Negress II

1933 · Bronze 15 3/4" (40 cm) high, on four-part pedestal of marble 3 5/8" (9.1 cm) x 3 3/4" (9.4 cm) in diameter, limestone 9 7/8 x 14 5/8 x 14 1/8" (25 x 37.1 x 36.2 cm), and two oak sections (carved by the artist) 7 3/8 x 14 3/8 x 14 1/4" (18.6 x 36.3 x 36.2) and 35 1/2 x 11 x 11" (90.2 x 28 x 28 cm), overall 71 1/4 x 14 1/4 x 14 1/2" (181 x 36.2 x 36.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (View of the Studio with Endless Columns III and IV, The Fish, Leda, and Cup II)

Untitled (View of the Studio with Endless Columns III and IV, The Fish, Leda, and Cup II)

1933 · Gelatin silver print

11 5/8 × 15 5/8" (29.6 × 39.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1933 · Gelatin silver print

11 3/4 × 9 7/16" (29.8 × 24.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (self-portrait in the studio with Endless Columns I, III, III and Fish)

Untitled (self-portrait in the studio with Endless Columns I, III, III and Fish)

1933 · Gelatin silver print

9 3/8 × 5 7/8" (23.8 × l5.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Head of a Woman

Head of a Woman

1932 · Charcoal, over graphite on brown wove paper

42.4 × 32.2 cm (16 3/4 × 12 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Constantin Brancusi, Marcel Duchamp, and Mary Reynolds at Villefranche

Constantin Brancusi, Marcel Duchamp, and Mary Reynolds at Villefranche

1931 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 23.9 × 30 cm (9 7/16 × 11 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fish

1930 · Blue-gray marble 21 x 71 x 5 1/2" (53.3 x 180.3 x 14 cm), on three-part pedestal of one marble 5 1/8" (13 cm) high, and two limestone cylinders 13" (33 cm) high and 11" (27.9 cm) high x 32 1/8" (81.5 cm) diameter at widest point

Museum of Modern Art

Brancusi Studio

1930 · gelatin silver print

Image: 32.1 x 23.5 cm (12 5/8 x 9 1/4 in.); Matted: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Tales Told of Shem and Shaun: Three Fragments from Work in Progress

Tales Told of Shem and Shaun: Three Fragments from Work in Progress

1929 · Illustrated book with one photogravure reproduction

composition (irreg.): 7 1/16 × 4 5/8" (18 × 11.8 cm); page (irreg.): 7 7/8 × 6 1/2" (20 × 16.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

White Negress II

White Negress II

1928 · White marble, black marble, stone, and wood

Sculpture: 49.5 × 14.5 × 19 cm (19 1/2 × 5 3/4 × 7 1/2 in.); Black marble base: 36.9 × 36.9 × 25.4 cm (14 1/2 × 14 1/2 × 10 in.); Stone base: 53.3 × 50.8 × 42 cm (21 × 20 × 16 1/2 in.); Wood base: 45.1 × 43.2 × 35 cm (17 3/4 × 17 × 13 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Bird in Space

54 x 8 1/2 x 6 1/2" (137.2 x 21.6 x 16.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Young Bird

1928 · Bronze 16 x 8 1/4 x 12" (40.5 x 21 x 30.4 cm), on a two-part pedestal of limestone 9 1/4" (23.5 cm) high, and oak 23 3/4" (60.3 cm) high (carved by the artist)

Museum of Modern Art

Fish

1926 · Bronze, metal and wood

displayed: 934 x 502 x 502 mm

The Cock

47 5/8 x 18 1/4 x 5 3/4" (121 x 46.3 x 14.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Head of a Sleeping Child and The Newborn II)

Untitled (Head of a Sleeping Child and The Newborn II)

1923 · Gelatin silver print

11 3/4 × 15 5/8" (29.8 × 39.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (View of the Studio with Bird in Space)

Untitled (View of the Studio with Bird in Space)

1923 · Gelatin silver print

9 5/16 × 6 11/16" (23.7 × 17 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Overall (with base): 56 3/4 × 6 1/2 in. (144.1 × 16.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Self-Portrait in Studio]

1923 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 29.8 × 23.3 cm (11 3/4 × 9 3/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Socrates

1922 · Oak 43 3/4 x 11 3/8 x 14 1/2" (111 x 28.8 x 36.8 cm), on oak footing 7 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 10 5/8" (18.8 x 24.6 x 27 cm), overall 51 1/4" (130 cm) high. Limestone cylinder, 11 7/8" (30.2 cm) high

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Self-portrait in the studio)

Untitled (Self-portrait in the studio)

1922 · Gelatin silver print

14 5/16 × 11 5/16" (36.4 × 28.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (View of the Studio with Endless Column, Beginning of the World, Adam and Eve, Bird in Space, and Torso of a Young Girl)

Untitled (View of the Studio with Endless Column, Beginning of the World, Adam and Eve, Bird in Space, and Torso of a Young Girl)

1922 · Gelatin silver print

9 1/16 × 6 11/16" (23 × 17 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (5)

66 published of 101 catalogued · 89 with image

MoMA
35 publishedof 70 catalogued69 img
Art Institute Chicago
16 published16 img
The Met
6 published
Cleveland Museum of Art
5 published
Tate
4 published4 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 8)

8 entries · 1 sources

Study for Princess X (recto); Female Head in Profile (verso)
1913 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Head
1919 · Tate · 1 prov
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Danaïde
1918 · Tate · 1 prov
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Female Head in Profile (verso)
1913 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Male Torso
1917 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Brancusi Studio
1930 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Maiastra
1911 · Tate · 1 prov
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Study for Princess X (recto)
1913 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Record

Images

Constantin Brancusi (Wikipedia)

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Relationships

14

Peers & Context3

Amedeo ModiglianicontemporaryAlberto GiacometticontemporaryAlexander Caldercontemporary

Movements4

Cubism Expressionism Abstract Art Minimalism

Collections7

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago The Metropolitan Museum of Art Tate Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Tate

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

Market

Auction sale history

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Network

Related Artists

Alberto Giacometti