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Naum Gabo
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
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Description
- Naum Gabo
- Construction in space suspended
- inscribed Gabo and dedicated For Miriam on the base
- perspex, gold-plated bronze cradle with nylon monofilament on an aluminium base
- length: 32cm., 12 5/8 in.
Provenance
Miriam Gabo, London (the artist's wife)
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, 28th September 1994, lot 80
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, 28th September 1994, lot 80
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
Oxford, Museum of Modern Art; Newcastle, Hatton Gallery (& travelling in the United Kingdom) Naum Gabo, The Constructive Idea, 1987-88, no. 31, illustrated in the catalogue
Literature
Steven A. Nash & Jorn Merkert, Naum Gabo, Sixty Years of Constructivism, Catalogue raisonné, Dallas, 1985, no. 70.15, listed p. 250
Condition
There are two perspex teeth missing and a few minor scuff marks to the base. Otherwise, this work is in overall very good condition.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
'we do not measure our works in yards of beauty, we do not weigh them in pounds of tenderness and mood...With a plumb line in the hand, with eyes as precise as a ruler, with a spirit as taut as a compass, we build them in the same way as the universe builds its own creations, as the engineer his bridges, as the mathematician his formulae of the orbits'
Naum Gabo, The Realistic Manifesto, 1920
Naum Gabo, The Realistic Manifesto, 1920