BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — An original sketch of sculptor Constantin Brancusi’s iconic Endless Column has gone on show for the first time in his native Romania.
Organizers said Monday that the 9 x 6-centimeter (2.4 x 3.5-inch) ink sketch was drawn over a photograph of the park in the central Romanian city Targu Jiu where the sculpture was erected in 1938. The sketch is the central piece in an exhibition dedicated to Brancusi in the city of Timisoara.
The brass-clad sculpture was built to honor Romanian heroes of World War I. It survived communist attempts to pull it down in the 1950s.
The 1937 sketch was donated by the daughter of the engineer who helped Brancusi with the technical aspects of the 30-meter sculpture.
