18.2.13

Constantin Brancusi . . . "The First Step"


Study for the Sculpture "The First Step"

Constantin Brancusi  (French (born Romania), Hobita 1876–1957 Paris)


Brancusi made his most obvious reference to African art in his first wood sculpture, The First Step (1913). Shortly after exhibiting the work at 291 in March 1914, Brancusi partly destroyed it, perhaps finding its quotation of African aesthetics too immediate. Luckily, the sculpture remains known through the many studies that preceded its creation, among them this lucid 1913 wax-crayon study. Stieglitz's photographs of the Brancusi installation at 291 also document the lost sculpture. When comparing these installation shots with those of Statuary in Wood by African Savages, the central placement of both the Fang reliquary figure exhibited nearby and The First Step brings to light strong similarities.



At The Metropolitan Museum.
African Art, New York, and the Avant-Garde 
Through September 2

8.2.13

home. . . wish you were here. . .

" wish you were here "
family

© 2013. bijou le tord

dubo . . . dubon . . .dubonnet . . . AM Cassandre




" Dubo Dubon Dubonnet "
posters by AM. Cassandre
French affichiste:
1901-1968

http://www.cassandre.fr

dubon . . . dubonnet. . .


AM. Cassandre 
1901-1968
affichiste pour l'home de la rue . . .
his poster for Dubonnet drink
is so well-known for his 
Dubonnet drink.

sun beach days . . .


" sun beach days . . . "
riding on the coast of CA. . .
© 2013.  bijou le tord


watch me . . . /

" car scramble "
watch me /

© 2013 bijou le tord

neon dandy . . .

" neon dandy "
(my version of  the new yorker
famous jacket. . .
from the 1920's)

© 2013. bijou le tord
an illustration

afternoon walk in the snow . . .



" afternoon walk in the snow "
1.17.2013
( nessa patou in the cherry trees)
© 2013 bijou letord
negative/ positive 
note-landscape

afternoon nap. . .


" afternoon nap. . . "
( snoopy and nessa patou )

©2013 bijou letord
two prints


thinking of Tokyo . . .

" thinking of Tokyo "
night shot . . .
, @ home . . .

© 2013. bijou le tord

quiet night . . .

" quiet night "
family 
    portrait. . .

©2013 . bijou le tord



femme assise près d'une fenêtre

Picasso , " femme assise près d'une fenêtre"
brought £28,6 million
at Sotheby's auction in London
on Tuesday.

@ the new york time.com