Lecture 47: Modern Sculpture—Rodin and Brancusi
Constantin Brancusi:
Bird in Space, 1932–40, polished brass, 5’ H (151 cm H), Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum, New York City, New York, USA.
Bird in Space (Yellow Bird), 1923–24, marble with marble, limestone,
and oak base, 8’ 7” H (261.62 cm H), Philadelphia Museum of Art,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Kiss, 1916, limestone, 23 x 13 ¼ x 10” (58. 42 x 35 x 25.4 cm),
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Mlle. Pogany I, 1912–13, plaster, 17 ½” H (45.7 cm H), Musée National
d’Art Moderne, Paris, France.
Naum Gabo:
Constructed Head No. 2, 1916/1966, Cor-ten steel painted grey,
5’ 9 ½” H, (175.3 x 134 x 122.6 cm), Tate Gallery, London,
Great Britain.
Auguste Rodin:
The Age of Bronze, 1877, bronze, 5’ 11” H (180.34 cm H), Musée
d’Orsay, Paris, France.
Burghers of Calais, 1884–89, bronze, 6’ 10 ½” H (210.82 cm H),
Rodin Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, and Musée Rodin,
Paris, France.
The Gates of Hell, 1880–87, plaster, 18 x 12’ (5.49 x 3.7 m), Musée
d’Orsay, Paris, France.
The Kiss, 1886, marble, 34 ½” H (89 cm H), Musée Rodin,
Paris, France.
Man with a Broken Nose, c. 1870, bronze, 9 ½” H (24.1 cm H), Sterling
and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA.Works Discussed