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Constantin Brancusi was to 20th-Century sculpture what Picasso was to modern painting--a force of nature breathing life into the moribund world of academic art.
April 29, 1995
The Art Institute of Chicago is putting 11 works on the auction block, including paintings by Monet, Picasso, Modigliani, Utrillo and Degas, to raise the $12-million purchase price of a bronze sculpture, “Golden Bird,” by Constantin Brancusi.
May 10, 1990
Sidney Geist, 91, a sculptor, teacher, author and leading authority on Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi, died Oct. 18 of complications from a stroke at the Jewish Home and Hospital in New York City.
Oct. 26, 2005
Constantin Brancusi’s “Bird in Space” shattered the record for a sculpture at auction Wednesday when it brought a bid of $27,450,000 at Christie’s sale of Impressionist and modern art.
May 5, 2005
A 1922 abstract sculpture by Constantin Brancusi, “Bird in Space,” sold for $27.5 million at a Christie’s auction in New York on Wednesday night, the most money ever paid for a sculpture at auction.
May 6, 2005
Two famous sculptures by Romanian-born artist Constantin Brancusi won’t be shown in London and New York because of fears of ownership claims once they leave the country, museum and government officials said Monday.
Jan. 27, 2004
Constantin Brancusi made a fetish of art.
Nov. 18, 1995
A new gallery comes on like gang busters with an inaugural exhibition of small works by modern masters Marcel Duchamp, Jackson Pollock and Constantin Brancusi.
June 16, 1989
March 14, 2017
Major Art Auction: The Art Institute of Chicago is putting 11 works on the auction block, including paintings by Monet, Picasso, Modigliani, Utrillo and Degas, to raise the $12-million purchase price of a bronze sculpture, “Golden Bird,” by Constantin Brancusi.
May 11, 1990