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Constantin Brancusi
Romanian French sculptor Constantin Brancusi standing next to one of his Maiastra sculptures.
Constantin Brancusiās sculpture The Prayer was created as a funeral monument for a wealthy landowner in the Buzau Cemetery in Romania.1
Completed in 1907, the statue depicts a young girl kneeling and represents a significant transition in Brancusi's career, marking the first stage of his artistic evolution toward the simplified, organic forms that would later define his signature style.1