Today’s question comes from Vikas . His blog is up and running again and is into its 2nd season . Find it here .
A’s famous work B was scandalous . How ? C and D should serve as a clue .
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Quoting Arun Hiregange ,
“Princess Marie Bonaparte was the basis for a sculpture by Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi (A) whose “Princess X” (B) caricatured her as a large gleaming bronze phallus . Marie Bonaparte was played by Catherine Deneuve (C) in a movie and had an affair with French PM Aristide Briand (D)”
Cracked by Arun Hiregange , Rithwik , Comfortably & Technically Dumb and Anil Raghavan . Half credits to Kamal Rathi .
Princess Marie Bonaparte was the basis for a sculpture by Romanian sculptor Constantin Brâncu?i (A) whose “Princess X” (B) caricatured her as a large gleaming bronze phallus. Marie Bonaparte was played by Catherine Deneuve (C) in a movie and had an affair with French PM Aristide Briand (D).
Constantin Brâncu?i sculpture of “Princess X” was based on Princess Marie Bonaparte conducted affairs with Aristide Briand French prime minister and was portrayed by Catherine Deneuve in the 2004 film Princesse Marie.This sculpture created a scandal in 1919 when he represented her or caricatured her as a large gleaming bronze phallus. This phallus symbolizes the model’s obsession with the penis and her lifelong quest to achieve vaginal orgasm.
Constantin Brancusi’s Princess X was asked to be removed from the Salon as it resembled a phallus.
Princess X was later revealed to be Marie Bonaparte, who was portrayed by C in a movie and Marie is believed to have had a flirtation with D, a french Prime Minister
brancusi’s princess x for which marie bonapart was the model.she was infamous for trying to achieve orgasm thr surgery&psycoanalysis.had affair with aristide while catherine denue played the role
A Constantin Brancusi
B “Princess X”