Naum Gabo
Opus Eight
About this artwork
Gabo’s monoprints became increasingly sophisticated with time. Opus Eight was preceded by three preparatory drawings, one of which was traced around a piece of cut plastic, which acted as a stencil. It seems that the drawing was traced onto the wooden block around a cut plastic stencil – affirming the close relationship between Gabo as sculptor and printmaker. There are thirty-nine recorded examples of this print.
Published September 2021
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title:Opus Eight
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Monoprint in blue and dark brown ink on Japan paper
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measurements:30.20 x 23.80 cm (image size); 49.10 x 41.40 cm (base material size)
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credit line:Accepted from Graham Williams under the Cultural Gifts Scheme by HM Government and allocated to the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, 2020
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accession number:GMA 5658
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Naum Gabo
Naum Gabo
Gabo was born in Russia and trained in Munich as a scientist and engineer. He made his first geometrical constructions while living in Oslo in 1915. Gabo was influenced by scientists who were developing new ways of understanding space, time and matter. He responded to this in his sculpture by using...