I roamed through the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena to view Brancusi and Beyond....a current exhibit of some of their modern art sculpure collections. I have always appreciated the bronze sculptures by Degas, Rodin, Moore and Lipchitz but today I viewed more of the modern creations.
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"Bird in Space" by Constantin Brancusi, Romanian 1876-1957 Polished Bronze 73"
"What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things." Bird in Space represents the essence of flight. |
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| "Reclining Form" 1966 Marble by Henry Moore, English, 1898-1986 |
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"Duo" 1973 Marble by Barbara Hepworth, English 1903-1975
Life-long colleague of Henry Moore |
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| "Blue Post and Lintel I," 1965 Plywood, figerglass and lacquer by John McCracken, American 1934-2011 |
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| "Small Blue Rocker," 1967 by Charles Mattox, American, 1910-1996, plywood, fiberglass, stainless steel rods. |
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| "Azimuth," 1960 by Gabriel Kohn, American 1910-1975 |
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| "Assembly of Sea Forms," 1972 by Barbara Hepworth, British 1903-1975 |
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