About this artwork
Opus Twelve was preceded by a drawing and a plastic template. It was engraved into a piece of furniture wood. The circular ‘hole’ in the centre derives from the absent dowel which was once part of the wood. It closely relates to a sculpture,Granite Carving,made by Gabo in St Ives, Cornwall, England, in about 1940.There are forty-five recorded examples of this work.
Published September 2021
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title:Opus Twelve
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date created:1965/8
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materials:Monoprint in brown ink on glazed tissue paper
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measurements:30.30 x 22.80 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 5662
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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...