Curbstones on the Road to Modernism

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When the Museum of Modern Art acquired a cast of Constantin Brancusi’s Bird in Space in 1934, the institution began its now-famous collection of international sculpture. The acquisition had high stakes. Slapped with an import tax as though it were an auto part, the Bird forced the US Customs Court to recognize the legitimacy of […]

Original source: https://www.nybooks.com/online/2023/04/12/curbstones-on-the-road-to-modernism/

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