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Constantin Brâncuși — View of the Studio, The Sorceress, The Kiss and The Chief

Constantin Brâncuși

View of the Studio, The Sorceress, The Kiss and The Chief

A rare glimpse into Brancusi's legendary Paris studio, this gelatin silver print captures several of his iconic sculptures in intimate coexistence, revealing how the artist conceived his workspace as a total work of art in itself. The Sorceress, The Kiss, and The Chief stand together in carefully considered arrangement, their abstract forms casting dramatic shadows that become as compositionally significant as the works themselves. Brancusi's mastery of photography is evident in the way light sculpts each piece anew, transforming the studio into a meditative environment where art and its documentation become inseparable.

Medium
Gelatin silver print.

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Photographs

April 1, 2014

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Constantin Brâncuși, View of the Studio, The Sorceress, The Kiss and The Chief

A rare glimpse into Brancusi's legendary Paris studio, this gelatin silver print captures several of his iconic sculptures in intimate coexistence, revealing how the artist conceived his workspace as a total work of art in itself. The Sorceress, The Kiss, and The Chief stand together in carefully considered arrangement, their abstract forms casting dramatic shadows that become as compositionally significant as the works themselves. Brancusi's mastery of photography is evident in the way light sculpts each piece anew, transforming the studio into a meditative environment where art and its documentation become inseparable.

Medium
Gelatin silver print.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Monochrome, 20th Century, Documentary, Photograph, Sculpture, Artistic Practice, Romanian, Modernism, Studio, Contemporary

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Art Institute of Chicago