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| This sculpture is made of a single piece of distressed wood, which the sculptor probably found in one of the numerous demolition sites in Paris. As photographs show, the artist used Watchdog as a base for a variety of his sculptures [including a wooden version of Agnes E. Meyer – the marble version (n. 18) is installed in the Cube Gallery]. Unlike Caryatids, whose essential role is to carry weight, representations of dogs do not traditionally serve as elements of support. In Brancusi’s work, Watchdog assumes a role “… on the borderline between the realms of base and sculpture. But [Watchdog] is not so much a vigilant guardian of that border as the marker of a crossing point.”*
* F. Teja Bach, Constantin Brancusi, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1995, p. 204. |
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