Brancusi : the white work / edited by Paola Mola.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mola, Paola.

Peggy Guggenheim Collection.

Standardized Title:

Brancusi : l'opera al bianco. English

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Brancusi, Constantin, 1876-1957--Exhibitions.

Brancusi, Constantin.

Brancusi, Constantin, 1876-1957.

Photography of sculpture--Exhibitions.

Photography of sculpture.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

185 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

White work

Place of Publication:

Milano : Skira, 2005.

Summary:

This catalog, published in conjunction with the Peggy Guggenheim Collection of Venice, documents the first major exhibition of Brancusi the photographer. While Brancusi's attraction to the medium is well-known, his photographs have always been seen as secondary to his other studio work. But the 96 photographs collected in this volume are to be seen as an oeuvre in their own right, formally autonomous, showing exceptional aesthetic and technical quality.The book opens new dimensions in space and time of Brancusi's work, especially for three plaster works featured: The Sleeping Muse, The Torso of a Youth, and The Baroness. The exceptional quality and openness of Brancusi-the photographer-gives vantage points on the aesthetic world beyond the realm of his bronze, marble, or wooden works.

Contents:

Photographs and Stills / Paola Mola

I A Likeness 15

III Captions and Digressions 21

Room 1 39

Room 2 55

Room 3 73

Room 4 89

Room 5 111

Room 6 127

Room 7 131

Room 8 143

Catalogue of Photographs and Sculptures / Marielle Tabart 149

On Brancusi and Avant-garde Cinema / Francisca Parrino 165.

Notes:

Catalog of an exhibition held at Peggy Guggneheim Collection, Venice, Feb. 19-May 22, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-177).

ISBN:

8876243054

8876241701

OCLC:

61519373