Peder Lund

Constantin Brâncusi

Photographs - Constantin Brâncusi

January 18, 2014 – March 22, 2014

Peder Lund is delighted to present an exhibition of photographs by the late French sculptor and photographer Constantin Brâncusi (1876-1957). On display for the first time in Norway are 23 works executed between 1913 and 1938, all which have come directly from the Estate of the artist and his family, or through private collections where the works were bought directly from the artist during his lifetime. The exhibition opens January 18, 2014 and will be on display until March 22, 2014.

Constantin Brâncusi was a Romanian-born sculptor, who pioneered the extreme simplification of forms. He was born in Hobitza, a village in Romania, and studied at Craiova School of Arts and Crafts, which is where he learned how to carve stone and wood. He had already made a violin and rapidly gained a reputation for his ability to work with wood. Soon after, he began making wooden furniture before going on to study sculpture at the National School of Fine Arts in Bucharest between 1898 and 1902. He set out for Paris on foot in 1903, and continued his studies at the École des Beaux-Arts in 1905-07.

Brâncusi began to photograph systematically at the end of World War I. From 1905 until the mid-1920s, the artist gradually incorporated photography into a very organic, changeable working process, where it occupied a shift- ing, but highly creative, position. To Brâncusi, photography was thus an integral part of his artistic practise from an early stage on and one, which became his total artistic expression from the middle and towards the end of his life.

Works

The First Step, c. 1914, printed c. 1921

The First Step, c. 1914, printed c. 1921

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The Golden Bird, c. 1919-22, printed c. 1919-22

The Golden Bird, c. 1919-22, printed c. 1919-22

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Mademoiselle Pogany II, 1920

Mademoiselle Pogany II, 1920

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Mademoiselle Pogany II, Bronze of 1920, c. 1920, printed c. 1920

Mademoiselle Pogany II, Bronze of 1920, c. 1920, printed c. 1920

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Le Sommeil, c. 1920

Le Sommeil, c. 1920

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Mademoiselle Pogany II, c. 1920-25

Mademoiselle Pogany II, c. 1920-25

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View of the Studio: Chimera with New Born, c. 1921, printed c. 1921

View of the Studio: Chimera with New Born, c. 1921, printed c. 1921

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Socrates, c. 1921-22, printed c. 1921-22

Socrates, c. 1921-22, printed c. 1921-22

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Autoportrait, c. 1921-22, printed c. 1921-22

Autoportrait, c. 1921-22, printed c. 1921-22

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Still Life with Leda and the Newborn, c. 1922, printed c. 1922

Still Life with Leda and the Newborn, c. 1922, printed c. 1922

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La Négresse blanche, c. 1923

La Négresse blanche, c. 1923

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Bird in Space, 1925, printed c. 1925

Bird in Space, 1925, printed c. 1925

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Prometheus, c. 1926-29, printed c. 1926-29

Prometheus, c. 1926-29, printed c. 1926-29

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Endless Column, c. 1926-27, printed c. 1926-27

Endless Column, c. 1926-27, printed c. 1926-27

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Vue de l'atelier, 1927

Vue de l'atelier, 1927

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L'Oiselet, c. 1928

L'Oiselet, c. 1928

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L'Oiselet, 1929, printed c. 1929

L'Oiselet, 1929, printed c. 1929

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The Fountain of Narcissus, 1929-30, printed c. 1929-30

The Fountain of Narcissus, 1929-30, printed c. 1929-30

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Endless Column (in Edward Steichen's Garden at Voulangis), 1932, printed c. 1932

Endless Column (in Edward Steichen's Garden at Voulangis), 1932, printed c. 1932

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Autoportrait, 1932-33

Autoportrait, 1932-33

Constantin Brâncusi

Autoportrait dans l'atelier et tronc d'arbre, Paris, c. 1933

Autoportrait dans l'atelier et tronc d'arbre, Paris, c. 1933

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Bird in Space, c. 1936, printed c. 1936

Bird in Space, c. 1936, printed c. 1936

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La Colonne sans fin, Târgu Jiu, Roumaine, 1938

La Colonne sans fin, Târgu Jiu, Roumaine, 1938

Constantin Brâncusi