CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI (1867-1957)

CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI (1867-1957)
Profil de femme au chignon (Princesse Marie Bonaparte)
signed 'C. Brancusi' (lower left); signed again 'C. Brancusi' (lower right)
India ink, graphite and watercolour on board
21 x 16 ¼ in. (53.5 x 41.3 cm.)
Executed in 1912

Provenance
Theodore Schempp & Co., New York.
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York.
Mrs Henry Ford II, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, by whom probably acquired from the above.
Mrs Anne McDonnell Ford (formerly Mrs Henry Ford II); sale, Christie's, London, 28 June 1968, lot 16 (titled 'Princesse').
Waddington Galleries, Ltd., London, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 16 May 1984, lot 126.
Galerie de France, Paris.
Private Collection, Paris & London, by whom acquired from the above.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.