About this artwork
This complex work was preceded by at least two preliminary drawings of smaller size before being enlarged to full scale on graph paper. Here Gabo seems to take his monoprinting into a new direction, no longer so linked to his sculpture, but exploring the possibilities of the print medium. There are forty-four recorded examples of this work, in a variety of colours.
Published September 2021
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title:Opus Ten
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Monoprint in blue ink on paper
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measurements:30.40 x 35.40 cm (image size); 39.90 x 50.60 cm (base material size)
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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 5660
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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...
