The Newborn

Constantin Brancusi · version I, 1920

This is The Newborn — a sculpture by the French artist Constantin Brancusi, from version I, nineteen twenty. Cast in bronze, almost always by the lost wax method, in which the model is destroyed to release the metal.

Medium Bronze · Dimensions 5 3/4 x 8 1/4 x 5 3/4" (14.6 x 21 x 14.6 cm) · Credit Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange)

Hanging beside it in Gallery 508: Composition with Color Planes 5, Young Bird

More by Constantin Brancusi here: Young Bird, Maiastra, Endless Column, Socrates, Bird in Space, Fish