Initially collected by the artist's American patron John Quinn, its predecessors were known as the "Maiastra," and some of them were set aside to decorate a temple for the Maharaja of Indore. Seven versions were made out of marble, while nine were made out of bronze, though when Edward Steichen tried to import one of the latter he was told that he would have to pay taxes on it, since it looked like a propeller blade. All of them share the slender conical footing, the elongated "body," and an oval plane that seems to represent the head and, possibly, a beak. For 10 points, identify this abstract sculpture that tries to "capture the essence of flight" a work by Constantin Brancusi.
Initially collected by the artist's American patron John Quinn, its predecessors were known as the "Maiastra," and some of them were set aside to decorate a temple for the Maharaja of Indore. Seven versions were made out of marble, while nine were made out of bronze, though when Edward Steichen tried to import one of the latter he was told that he would have to pay taxes on it, since it looked like a propeller blade. All of them share the slender conical footing, the elongated "body," and an oval plane that seems to represent the head and, possibly, a beak. For 10 points, identify this abstract sculpture that tries to "capture the essence of flight" a work by Constantin Brancusi.
Initially collected by the artist's American patron John Quinn, its predecessors were known as the "Maiastra," and some of them were set aside to decorate a temple for the Maharaja of Indore.
{Bird in Space}