Provenance
Purchased from the artist 1911/1912 by Agnes E. [Mrs. Eugene, Jr., 1887-1970] Meyer, Mount Kisco, New York, and Washington, D.C.; gift 1957/1958 to her daughter, Katharine Meyer Graham [1917-2001], Washington, D.C.;[1] gift 1980 to NGA.
[1] Provenance from Athena T. Spear, _Brancusi's Birds_, New York, 1968: no. 3, and letter of 17 March 1965 from Mrs. Meyer to Mrs. Graham(copy in NGA curatorial files).
Accession Number
1980.75.1
Medium
polished bronze
Dimensions
overall (sculpture): 55.9 × 18.9 × 18.7 cm (22 × 7 7/16 × 7 3/8 in.) | overall (rectangular marble base): 20.32 × 13.97 × 16.51 cm (8 × 5 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Credit Line
Gift of Katharine Graham