Torso of a Young Man
Date
1924
Artist
Constantin Brancusi, French, b. Hobitza, Romania, 1876–1957
Provenance
The Artist, Paris/Staempfli Gallery, NY, 12 June 1961
Henri Pierre Roche, Paris (acquired from the Artist)
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, 1956
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Staempfli, New York, 1957-12 June 1961
Staempfli Gallery, New York, to 12 June 1961
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 12 June 1961-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
KUNSTHAUS, ZURICH. "Abstrakte und surrealistische Malerei und Plastik," 6 October-3 November 1929, no. 10 (as Torso de Jeune Homme, 16 x 30.5 x 46 cm, no. ill.).
SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. "Constantin Brancusi," December 1955, cat., no ill., n.p.
SIDNEY JANIS GALLERY, New York. "Selection: Modern Art from Brancusi to Giacometti," 22 April-11 May 1957, cat. ill.
PALAIS DES BEAUX-ARTS, Brussels. "50 Ans d'Art Moderne" (Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles), 17 April-19 October 1958, no. 33, ill. p. 210.
XXX BIENALLE INTERNAZIONALE D'ARTE, Venice. "Central Pavilion," May-September 1960, no. 9, p. 33, ill.
STAEMPFLI GALLERY, New York. "Constantin Brancusi 1876-1957," 29 November-31 December 1960, no. 9, ill.
SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. "Modern Sculpture from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection," 3 October 1962-6 January 1963, no. 41, ill. p. 55.
SIDNEY JANIS GALLERY, New York. "25 Years of Janis Part I: From Picasso to Dubuffet; from Brancusi to Giacometti," 2 October-3 November 1973, no. 14, ill.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, ill. 400, p. 288, p. 669.
CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU, Paris. "Constantin Brancusi 1876-1957," 13 April-21 August 1995, cat. 76, ill. p. 217. Tour: PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART, 8 October 1995-1 January 1996.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Ways of Seeing: Giuseppe and Giovanna Panza," 23 October 2008-11 January 2009.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Speculative Forms," 16 June 2014-24 April 2016, no cat.
Published References
CLARK, ELIOT. "New York Commentary," Studio 151 (April 1956), p. 118.
MELLOW, JAMES R. "In the Galleries: Modern Art from Brancusi to Giacometti," Arts Magazine 31 (May 1957), p. 51.
SIDNEY JANIS GALLERY. 10th Anniversary Exhibition (New York: Sidney Janis Gallery, 1958), ill.
STAEMPFLI GALLERY. Advertisement Art International 6 (June 1960), p. 89 (ill.).
UNSIGNED. "Exhibitions Here and There," Art International 4 (31 December 1960), p. 64 (ill.)
UNSIGNED. "Great Sculpture at the Guggenheim Museum," Art in America 50/3 (Fall, 1962), ill. p. 18.
WOLF, LONE. "Art," Newsweek 60/16 (15 October 1962), p. 110, ill.
JIANOU, IONEL. Brancusi (New York: Tudor, 1963), p. 105.
READ, HERBERT. A Concise History of Modern Sculpture (New York: Praeger, 1964), p. 289, no. 47, ill. p. 51.
LYNTON, NORBERT. The Modern World (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1965), p. 135 (ill.).
LERNER, ABRAM. "The Hirshhorn Collection," The Museum World Arts Yearbook 9 (1967), p. 63 (ill.).
ARNASON, H. HARVARD. History of Modern Art (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1968), p. 137, ill., p. 138.
GEIST, SIDNEY. Brancusi, A Study of the Sculpture (New York: Grossman, 1968), p. 59, 222, no. 101, ill.
GEIST, SIDNEY. Constantin Brancusi 1876-1957: A Retrospective Exhibition (New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1969), p. 83.
GIEDION-WELCKER, CAROLA. Constantin Brancusi 1876-1957, trans. by Maria Jolas and Anne Leroy (New York: Braziller, 1969), pp. 16, 37, ill. p. 95.
SPEAR, ATHENA TACHA. "A Contribution to Brancusi Chronology," Art Bulletin 48 (March 1970), passim.
KNOBLER, NATHAN. The Visual Dialogue (New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1971), p. 327, ill. 372.
SPEAR, ATHENA TACHA. "Brancusi and Contemporary Sculpture," Arts Magazine 46 (November 1971), p. 30, no. 1, ill.
COLLIER, GRAHAM. Art and the Creative Unconsciousness (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1972), p. 80, 81 (ill.).
FELDMAN, EDMUND BURKE. Varieties of Visual Experience (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1972), p. 214 (ill.).
KRAMER, HILTON. "Two Exhibitions Marking Janis Gallery's 25 Years," New York Times (October 6, 1973), p. 19.
SIDNEY JANIS GALLERY. 25th Anniversary Exhibition (Sidney Janis Gallery, 2 October-3 November 1973), no. 149, ill. in the photo of "Selection of Modern Art from Brancusi to Giacometti, April 1957."
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), ill. 400, p. 288, p. 669.
SIDNEY JANIS GALLERY. 25th Anniversary Exhibition (Sidney Janis Gallery, 13 March-13 April 1974), no. 209, ill. in the photo of "25th Anniversary Exhibition-Part I, October 1973."
UNSIGNED. "Acquisitions of Modern Art by Museums," Supplement to the Burlington Magazine 116/860 (November 1974), fig. 142, p. 702.
GEIST, SIDNEY. Brancusi: The Sculpture and Drawings (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1975), p. 186, cat. no. 159.
KRAUSS, ROSALIND E. Passages in Modern Sculpture (New York: Viking, 1977), no. 76, ill. p. 101.
UNSIGNED. "Here is Your School Arts Poster," School Arts 77/2 (October 1977), p. 35, colorpl.
HYAMS, BARRY. Hirshhorn: Medici from Brooklyn (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1979), pp. 6, 17.
KELLY, JAMES J. The Sculptural Idea, Third Edition (Minneapolis, Minnesota: Burgess Publishing, 1981), fig. 4, p. 15.
HANHISALO, JUDITH EVANS. Enjoying Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, & the Decorative Arts (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1983), no. 105, ill.
RADU, VARIA. Brancusi (New York: Rizzoli, 1986), pp. 190-91, ill.
BACH, FRIEDRICH TEJA. Constantin Brancusi: Metamorphosen Plastischer Form (Cologne: Dumont Buchverlag, 1987), pp. 472-73, no. 198, ill.
VARNEDOE, KIRK. A Fine Disregard (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1989), pp. 181, 300, no. 184, ill.
VARNEDOE, KIRK, and ADAM GOPNIK. High and Low: Modern Art and Popular Culture (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1990), no. 84, ill. p.140, no. 200, ill. p. 357.
APPEL, ALFRED JR. The Art of Celebration (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993), ill. p. 11.
RICHARD, PAUL. "The Merlin Of Modernism," Washington Post (22 October 1995), p. G4, ill.
UNSIGNED. "L'artiste et les legendes," Connaissance des Arts, no. 70 (1995), no. 15, ill. p. 16.
MCALLISTER, JANE, ed. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: 150 Works of Art (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996), pp. 36-37, ill.
MYER, PETER LIVINGSTON. Art: Do It!: A Handbook for Artists (Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt, 1996), ill. p. 227.
UNSIGNED. The Panza Collection (Washington, DC: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, 2008), ill. [exhibition brochure]
VARNEDOE, KIRK. Una squisita indifferenza. Perché l'arte moderna è moderna (Monza, Italy: Johan & Levi Editore, 2016), fig. 70, p. 112; p. 210.
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 13, p. 41.
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School
European Modernism (Early 20th century)
On View
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.611
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Brass, limestone, and wood
Dimensions
58 1/2 × 11 1/2 × 11 1/2 in. (148.6 × 29.2 × 29.2 cm)
