Constantin BRANCUSI (1876 - 1957) The Prodigal Son, ca. 1914 - Lot 6

Constantin BRANCUSI (1876 - 1957) The Prodigal Son, ca. 1914, Wood sculpture made in 1914. Photograph. Vintage silver print. Another print of this image is in the collections of the Centre Pompidou, Paris. Height 24 cm - Width 18 cm Slight handling marks. Provenance : - Marie-Louise GRAVIER (born 1878), - Gilberte GRAVIER (b. 1898), daughter, - Madeleine A. (b. 1924), her granddaughter, - By descent to the present owners. Bibliography: - Brancusi", The Little Review, 1921, p. 20. - Brancusi", The Arts, 1923, p. 29. - Brancusi This Quartet", Brummer Gallery, New York, 1926, no. 22. - Carola Giedion-Welcker, "Constantin Brancusi", Benno Schwabe, Basel, 1958, p. 34, pl. 74-75. - Carola Giedion-Welcker, "Constantin Brancusi", G. Braziller, New York, 1959, pl. 75, p. 145. - Friedeman Teja Bach, "Brancusi Photo Reflexion", 1991, Didier Imbert Fine Art, no. 35, p. 75. - Brancusi", Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1995, p. 150. - Brancusi als Fotograf", Kunstsammlung Vaduz, Bern, 1996, p.7, pl. 24. - " C. Brancusi photographe", Galerie Hopkins - Custot, Paris, 2003, p. 29. - Doïna Lemny, Constantin Brancusi. La chose vraie, ed. Gourcuff Gradenigo, Romanian Cultural Institute, 2022, p. 89. - Brancusi. L'art ne fait que que commencer", catalog Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2024, p. 35. "Devoid of anthropomorphic features, this kneeling figure is reinforced at the top by a shape with several different facets. In contrast to the First Step that precedes it, this work, while remaining unique, marks a turning point through its formal innovations." Doïna Lemny, Brancusi, La chose vraie, Gourcuff Gradenigo, 2022.