Suffering

Provenance

The artist, Paris. Cathya Popescu (the future Mrs. Percival Farquhar), Paris, probably acquired directly from the artist, by 1911 [Geist 1975]; given to her daughter-in-law, Lydia A. Farquhar (Mrs. George Farquhar), New York, 1946 [Paris 1995]. Possibly with Buchholz Gallery, New York, 1946 [St. Louis 1946]. Richard S. Davis (1917–1985), Wayzata, MN, by 1955 [New York 1955]; the estate of Richard S. Davis, 1985; sold through Merrill C. Rueppel (1925–2011), Needham, MA., to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1985.

Suffering

Constantin Brancusi

1907

Accession Number

106540

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

29.2 × 28.8 × 22.3 cm (11 1/2 × 11 3/8 × 8 3/4 in.)

Classification

sculpture

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Through prior purchase with funds provided by a Friend of the Art Institute of Chicago, Kate L. Brewster, Mr. and Mrs. Carter H. Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Oppenheimer, and Joseph Winterbotham; Major Acquisitions Centennial Fund