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Modern & Contemporary Fine Art & Design - November 20, 2025

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  • Property from the Collection of Paul Kasmin
Lot 524

Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957): Henri-Pierre Roché

Estimate: $1,500 - $3,000
Starting Bid
$700

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Gelatin silver print, 1922, with label from Paul Kasmin Gallery, NY and Kasmin, NY,

9 1/8 x 5 5/8 in. (image), 16 1/2 x 13 3/4 in. (frame). 

 

Exhibited: New York, Kasmin, Brancusi & Duchamp: The Art of Dialogue, September 20 – December 22, 2018.

 

Literature: P.B. Franklin, Brancusi & Duchamp: The Art of Dialogue, exh. cat., New York, Kasmin, 2018, pp. 133-134, 264 (illustrated in color). J. Neutres, et al., Brancusi: Carving the Essence, exh. cat., Tokyo, Artizon Museum, 2024, pp. 123, 147, no. 28 (illustrated).

Condition

Sheet sealed in mat, reverse of sheet not visible. Otherwise in very good condition.

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Henri-Pierre Roché.

Private Collection.

Francoise Paviot Gallery.

Private Collection, New York.

Collection of Paul Kasmin.