Provenance

Mrs. Katharine Graham

1917 - 2001

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A polished bronze, free-standing sculpture of an abstracted bird stands on a marble plinth set on a tall wood base. The bird form is created with an oblong, egg-shaped body. The head curves up like a hook and the end parts as if in a beak. The wings are tucked against the body. The bronze sculpture sits on a cream-white, tall marble cube. Shaped like an angular hourglass, the wood base is almost twice as high as the bronze sculpture and marble cube combined.
Constantin Brâncuși, Maiastra, c. 1911, polished bronze, Gift of Katharine Graham, 1980.75.1

Maiastra

Constantin Brâncuși · c. 1911 · polished bronze ·  Accession ID  1980.75.1

An abstracted jug, bottles, shapes reminiscent of balled up paper or fabric, and a needle-like letter opener are gathered on a wood square in this horizontal still life painting. Rectangles in shades of corn yellow, violet purple, burgundy red-and-black checks, white, black, and spruce green splay out behind the objects like untidily stacked placemats. The brown jug is at the center, and an echo of its form in teal blue presumably represents a shadow. Portions of the jug, wooden board, and crumpled material shift color and pattern as they intersect or overlap with other areas. The artist’s initials, “DMR,” are stenciled in yellow in the lower left corner.
Diego Rivera, No. 9, Nature Morte Espagnole, 1915, oil on canvas, Gift of Katharine Graham, 2002.19.1

No. 9, Nature Morte Espagnole

Diego Rivera · 1915 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2002.19.1