The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 20, 2024
Brancusi Studio
c. 1930s
(Romanian, 1876–1957)
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.)
John L. Severance Fund 1987.221
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Location: not on view
Description
Near the end of World War I, sculptor Constantin Brancusi began using photography to document his art. Preferring to present his work in its studio environment, Brancusi controlled how his sculptures were publicly viewed by reproducing and circulating only his own photographs. In this image, Brancusi attempted to guide the viewer to a formal appreciation of his work, emphasizing the concerns that photography share with sculpture, including mass, volume, abstraction, and transparency.- Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Reproduced: P. 107
- CMA, November 20,1996 - February 2, 1997: "Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art."Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 24, 1996-February 2, 1997).The Year in Review for 1987. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).CMA, February 24 - April 17, 1988: "Year in Review 1987," CMA Bulletin, 75 (February 1988), p. 66, no. 43.
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1987.221