Two Penguins

Provenance

Charles Vignier (died 1934), Paris, 1919 [Paris 1995]. Henri Pierre Roché (died 1959), Paris and Sèvres, by 1953 [Paris 1953; Bach 1987]. Sold through Marcel Duchamp to Gladys L. Robinson, 1959 [Paris 1995]; sold Parke-Bernet, New York, Oct. 26, 1960, lot 43 [1960 sale cat.]. Ileana Bulova, New York, by Nov. 29, 1960 [New York 1960]. Otto Gerson, New York, by Nov. 1961; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1961.

Two Penguins

Constantin Brancusi

1911/14

Accession Number

87451

Medium

Marble

Dimensions

54 × 28.3 × 30.8 cm (21 1/4 × 11 1/8 × 12 1/8 in.)

Classification

marble

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Ada Turnbull Hertle Fund