Maiastra  1912

According to Constantin Brancusi's own testimony, his preoccupation with the image of the bird as a plastic form began as early as 1910. With the theme of the Maiastra (1910–18), he initiated a series of about thirty sculptures of birds. [br] The word maïastra means "master" or "chief" in Brancusi's native Romanian, but the title refers specifically to a magically benefic...