Young Bird

Constantin Brancusi · Paris 1928

This is Young Bird, cast in bronze in Paris in nineteen twenty-eight, standing on limestone and on an oak footing that Brancusi carved himself. He made his own pedestals throughout his career, and the rough oak under the polished bronze is a deliberate collision.

Medium 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) · Credit Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William A. M. Burden

Hanging beside it in Gallery 508: The Newborn, Fish

Works like this one elsewhere in the museum: Side Table, Bird-Head (Oiseau-tête), Tiari

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