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Constantin Brancusi
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Bird in Space

sculpture by Constantin Brancusi
Also known as: “Maiastra”
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    …of polished-bronze sculptures, all entitled Bird in Space. The elliptical, slender lines of these figures put the very essence of rapid flight into concrete form.

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    / Avant-garde sculpture (1909–20)

    His bronze Bird in Space became a cause célèbre in the 1920s when U.S. customs refused to admit it duty free as a work of art.

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