About this artwork
This monoprint was cut into a block of Florida boxwood composed of forty-four small, separate pieces of wood all bonded together to create a larger surface. There are forty-two examples of this work. Gabo did not make his prints in editions – each one was different. He remarked: ‘There are no limited editions because each print of mine is unique. I print them by hand, each one and it takes me just as much time to make a print as to make a drawing – sometimes longer. No two prints are ever the same.’
Published September 2021
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artist:
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title:Opus Five
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date created:1950
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materials:Monoprint in mid-brown ink on Japan paper
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measurements:24.20 x 20.20 cm (image size); 27.90 x 23.00 cm (base material size)
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object type:
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credit line:Accepted from Nina Williams under the Cultural Gifts Scheme by HM Government and allocated to Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, 2020
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accession number:GMA 5654
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gallery:
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...