Iminyaka eminingi, lesi sithombe esisemathuneni aseMontparnasse sidonse ukunaka kwezivakashi nabathandi kuphela abeza lapha ukuzolila nokuvuma uthando lwabo lwaphakade komunye nomunye. Konke kwashintsha lapho kucaca ukuthi ubani umbhali wesithombe esiqoshiwe: kwaba omunye wabadwebi ababiza kakhulu emhlabeni - uConstantin Brancusi. Kulapho kwaqala khona...
Isithombe esithi "Kiss" safakwa emuva ngo-1911 ethuneni likaTatyana Rashevskaya oneminyaka engu-23 ubudala. Kuyaziwa ngentombazane ukuthi uvela emndenini ocebile wamaJuda, wazalelwa eKyiv, wahlala eMoscow iminyaka eminingana, futhi ngo-1910 walishiya leli zwe futhi wangena e-Faculty yezokwelapha eParis.
Kulesi sikhungo, kwenzeka ukujwayelana kwakhe noSolomon Marbe, udokotela, owayefundisa abafundi lapho ngezikhathi ezithile. Ngokusho kwamahlebezi lo mfundi nothisha bebejola, okugcine ngokuthi kuphule inhliziyo yentombazane. Lapho udadewabo kadokotela efika eTatyana ekupheleni kukaNovember 1910 ezobuyisela izincwadi zakhe zothando, wathola umfundi elenga. Incwadi yokuzibulala yayikhuluma ngothando olukhulu kodwa olungafanele.
Ngemva komngcwabo, uMarbe, ecasukile, waphendukela kumngane wakhe umqophi ngesicelo sokwenza itshe lethuna, wamtshela indaba edabukisayo. Wazalwa kanjalo-ke uKiss. Izihlobo zikaTatyana azizange ziwuthande lo msebenzi, lapho abathandi benqunu bahlangana khona ngokumanga, futhi baze basongela ukuthi bazoyibuyisela into ethile yendabuko. Kodwa abazange bakwenze lokho.
Phakathi kuka-1907 no-1945, uConstantin Brancusi wadala izinguqulo ezimbalwa ze-The Kiss, kodwa yilesi sithombe esiqoshiwe esivela ku-1909 esibhekwa njengesichaza kakhulu. Bekuzoqhubeka nokuma kahle emoyeni omusha ukube ngelinye ilanga umdayisi wezobuciko uGuillaume Duhamel akazange aqale ukuthola ukuthi ithuna likabani. Futhi lapho ethola izihlobo, ngokushesha wazinikela ukubasiza ukuba "babuyisele ubulungisa" futhi "basindise umdwebo", noma kunalokho, bamba futhi bathengise. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, abameli abaningana bajoyina icala.
Ngokusho kochwepheshe, izindleko ze "The Kiss" zilinganiselwa cishe ku-$ 30-50 million. Iziphathimandla zaseFrance azifuni ukulahlekelwa ubuciko bobuciko bukaBrancusi futhi sezivele zafaka umsebenzi wakhe ohlwini lwamagugu kazwelonke. Kodwa ngenkathi umthetho usesohlangothini lwezihlobo. Intengo yokunqoba iphezulu kangangoba manje abameli bomndeni benza konke okusemandleni ukubuyisela lo mfanekiso kubanikazi bawo. Okwamanje, isinqumo sokugcina senkantolo asikathathwa, «The Kiss» wabethelwa ebhokisini lokhuni ukuze kungenzeki lutho kulo. Futhi-ke kukhona okuncane...
Kuyadabukisa ukuthi indaba emnandi yothando, nakuba ibuhlungu, ibeka engcupheni ukuphela kanje ... lutho. Futhi kungakhathaliseki ukuthi izwe lishintsha kanjani, sisazithola sikulelo qiniso lapho, ekungqubuzaneni kwezindinganiso zomuntu nezinto ezibonakalayo, imali isabonakala iyinto eza kuqala kwabanye. Futhi ukwanga kuphela kothando lweqiniso akusizi lutho, kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo kuyigugu kithi.