Artist Monograph

Constantin Brancusi, French

French, born Romania. 1876–1957

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Photography	18	51.4%
Sculpture	8	22.9%
Other Media	5	14.3%
Drawing	3	8.6%
Gouache	1	2.9%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Photography	18	51.4%
Painting & Sculpture	11	31.4%
Drawings & Prints	6	17.1%

Production by Decade

1890s

1910s

1920s

1930s

1940s

Classification Types

Photograph — 18
Sculpture — 11
Drawing — 5
Illustrated Book — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	15	44.1%
Medium (30–100 cm)	12	35.3%
Large (1–3 m)	7	20.6%

Range: 15.8 cm → 233.7 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1934	1
1943	1
1948	1
1953	2
1956	2
1958	1
1959	1
1964	6
1978	1
1979	8
1980	2
1983	1
1985	1
1991	1
1996	4
2001	1
2019	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 5, 508" — 7

French Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 35 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Studio drawing Drawing Acc. 701.1980	n.d.	Pencil on paper	15 1/4 x 12 3/4" (38.8 x 32.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Charles Sheeler
Studio drawing Drawing Acc. 702.1980	n.d.	Pencil on paper	15 1/8 x 12 1/2" (38.2 x 31.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Charles Sheeler
Untitled (Maternity) Photograph Acc. 153.1964	1891-1957	Gelatin silver print	7 × 5" (17.7 × 12.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Edward Steichen
Maiastra Sculpture Acc. 144.1953.a-d	1910-12	White marble 22" (55.9 cm) high, on three-part limestone pedestal 70" (177.8 cm) high, of which the middle section is Double Caryatid, c. 1908	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Katherine S. Dreier Bequest
Reclining Nude Drawing Acc. 103.2019	c. 1910–25	Pencil on paper	19 1/4 × 24 3/4" (48.9 × 62.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Robert Gober in honor of Agnes Gund
Untitled (Head of a Young Woman) Photograph Acc. 151.1964	1910	Gelatin silver print	6 1/4 × 4 5/8" (15.8 × 11.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Edward Steichen
Untitled (Sleeping Muse) Photograph Acc. 152.1964	c. 1910	Gelatin silver print	6 7/8 × 9 1/8" (17.4 × 23.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Edward Steichen
Mlle Pogany Sculpture Acc. 2.1953	version I, 1913 (after a marble of 1912)	Bronze with black patina 17 1/4 x 8 1/2 x 12 1/2" (43.8 x 21.5 x 31.7 cm), on limestone base 5 3/4 x 6 1/8 x 7 3/8" (14.6 x 15.6 x 18.7 cm)	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange)
Study related to The First Step Drawing Acc. 1.1956	1913	Crayon on paper	32 3/8 x 15" (82.1 x 38 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Benjamin Scharps and David Scharps Fund
Untitled (Column of the Kiss) Photograph Acc. 1121.1979	c. 1916-17	Gelatin silver print	15 5/8 × 11 3/4" (39.9 × 29.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Eyre de Lanux
Endless Column Sculpture Acc. 645.1983	version I, 1918	Oak	6' 8" x 9 7/8" x 9 5/8" (203.2 x 25.1 x 24.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mary Sisler
View of the Artist's Studio Drawing Acc. 19.1978	1918	Gouache and pencil on board	13 x 16 1/4" (32.8 x 41.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection
Untitled (Golden Bird) Photograph Acc. 1636.2001	1919	Gelatin silver print	9 × 6 3/4" (22.9 × 17.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. The Family of Man Fund and gift of Elizabeth Lorentz, by exchange
The Newborn Sculpture Acc. 605.1943	version I, 1920	Bronze	5 3/4 x 8 1/4 x 5 3/4" (14.6 x 21 x 14.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 3.63 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange)
Untitled (self-portrait in the studio) Photograph Acc. 1116.1979	1920-22	Gelatin silver print	11 3/4 × 9 3/8" (29.9 × 23.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Eyre de Lanux
Untitled (La Jeune Fille Enfleurs) Photograph Acc. 155.1964	1921	Gelatin silver print	7 × 5" (17.7 × 12.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Edward Steichen
Untitled (Leda) Photograph Acc. 154.1964	c. 1921	Gelatin silver print	6 11/16 × 9" (17 × 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Edward Steichen
Socrates Sculpture Acc. 187.1956	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	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund
Untitled (Self-portrait in the studio) Photograph Acc. 864.1996	c. 1922	Gelatin silver print	14 5/16 × 11 5/16" (36.4 × 28.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Elizabeth Lorentz
Untitled (View of the Studio with Endless Column, Beginning of the World, Adam and Eve, Bird in Space, and Torso of a Young Girl) Photograph Acc. 865.1996	1922	Gelatin silver print	9 1/16 × 6 11/16" (23 × 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Elizabeth Lorentz
Untitled (View of the Studio with Eve, Plato, and Golden Bird) Photograph Acc. 863.1996	1922	Gelatin silver print	15 3/4 × 11 1/2" (40 × 29.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Elizabeth Lorentz
Untitled (Head of a Sleeping Child and The Newborn II) Photograph Acc. 1114.1979	c. 1923	Gelatin silver print	11 3/4 × 15 5/8" (29.8 × 39.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Celeste Bartos
Untitled (View of the Studio with Bird in Space) Photograph Acc. 866.1996	1923	Gelatin silver print	9 5/16 × 6 11/16" (23.7 × 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Elizabeth Lorentz
The Cock Sculpture Acc. 620.1959	Paris 1924	Cherry	47 5/8 x 18 1/4 x 5 3/4" (121 x 46.3 x 14.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of LeRay W. Berdeau
Bird in Space Sculpture Acc. 153.1934	1928	Bronze	54 x 8 1/2 x 6 1/2" (137.2 x 21.6 x 16.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Given anonymously
Young Bird Sculpture Acc. 498.1964	Paris 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)	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William A. M. Burden
Tales Told of Shem and Shaun: Three Fragments from Work in Progress Illustrated Book Acc. 131.1991	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Meehan Fund
Fish Sculpture Acc. 695.1949.a-d	Paris 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	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 609.18 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange)
Blond Negress II Sculpture Acc. 97.1958.a-e	Paris 1933 (after a marble of 1928)	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)	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	The Philip L. Goodwin Collection
Lily Photograph Acc. 1119.1979	1933	Gelatin silver print	11 3/4 × 9 7/16" (29.8 × 24.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Eyre de Lanux
Untitled (self-portrait in the studio with Endless Columns I, III, III and Fish) Photograph Acc. 1120.1979	1933-34	Gelatin silver print	9 3/8 × 5 7/8" (23.8 × l5.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Eyre de Lanux
Untitled (View of the Studio with Endless Columns III and IV, The Fish, Leda, and Cup II) Photograph Acc. 1115.1979	c. 1933-34	Gelatin silver print	11 5/8 × 15 5/8" (29.6 × 39.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Celeste Bartos
Untitled Photograph Acc. 1118.1979	c. 1934	Gelatin silver print	9 3/8 × 7" (23.9 × 17.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Eyre de Lanux
Untitled (Endless Column) Photograph Acc. 1117.1979	1937	Gelatin silver print	9 3/8 × 7" (24.0 × 17.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Eyre de Lanux
Bird in Space Sculpture Acc. 497.1964	c. 1941	Bronze 6' (182.9 cm) high, on two-part stone pedestal 17 3/8" (44.1 cm) high	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William A. M. Burden