A white informational plaque on a green wall displays the name "Constantin Brancusi" and the title "French, born Romania, 1876-1957" followed by "Upon arriving in Paris from Romania in 1904, Constantin Brancusi quickly rejected the prev-theatricality and narrative detail of master sculptor Auguste Rodin. Instead of modeling in clay, and inspired by non-Western art, he began to carve directly into stone, the material chosen for his first version of Sleeping Muse. Further reducing and abbreviating form, Brancusi revised some sculptures as this version of Sleeping Muse. Such sculptures are self-sufficient, archetypal modern forms."