Leda
Constantin Brancusi Romanian, active France, 1876–1957
1920
On view at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Sculptor Constantin Brancusi believed the material with which he worked had its own life, a uniqueness and essence that he had to seek out in order to reveal the form contained within. In Leda , sculptural metamorphosis became the very subject of the work. According to classical mythology, the god…
Description courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Medium
- Marble
- Dimensions
- Marble: 55.9 × 66 × 21.6 cm (22 × 26 × 8 1/2 in.); Circular base: 66 × 121.9 cm (26 × 48 in.) (diameter)
- Origin
- France