From: Art Journal | Date: September 22, 1997| Author: Miller, Francine Koslow | COPYRIGHT 1997 College Art Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

When Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (1891-1915) died at age twenty-three in World War I, one of the most promising voices of the European avant-garde was silenced.(1) His early death placed the responsibility of guarding the young French expatriate's legacy on a select group of friends, artists, and scholars who believed in his value as a sculptor and draftsman. As Evelyn Silber aptly states in the introduction to her meticulously detailed and scholarly monograph, Gaudier-Brzeska: Life and Ar...