Lot 161. Naum Gabo (Rus. 1890-1977)
Red Image Construction,
sgn. N. Gabo lower right, acrylic on board,
10 1/4" x 14 1/2"
Est. $7,000-10,000
(Click Any Photo Below To Enlarge)
Provenance: Purchased from the artist by Miss Holahan,1958
Naum
Gabo was born in Bryansk, Russa in 1890 as Naum Pevsner. He
later changed his last name to Gabo to avoid confusion with his
brother, the painter Antoine Pevsner. During the early 1900's,
he and his brother traveled all over Europe working, studying
art and attending school. In 1915, Gabo began making abstract
constructions that became known for their beauty and simplicity.
In 1920, with brother Antoine Pevsner, Gabo produced the
"Realistic Manifesto", outlining the tenets of pure
constructivism. He later married Miriam Israels in Cornwall,
England and soon after WWII, Gabo moved to the US, where he
became an American citizen in 1952 and continued his work as an
artist. He became Professor of the Graduate School of
Architecture at Harvard University. He carried out numerous
important commissions and exhibited a retrospective of his work
at the Tate Gallery in 1966 and again in 1976. He died in
Connecticut in 1977.
Exhibited: Whitney Museum Annual 1950; Stedelijk Museum,
Amsterdam, April-May 1965; Kunsthalle, Mannheim, June-July 1965;
Kunstmuseum, Duisburg, August-September 1965; Kunsthaus, Zurich,
October-November 1965; Moderna Museet, Stockholm,
December-January 1966; Tate Gallery, London, Februaruy-March,
1966; Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY, 2nd Buffalo Festival
of the Arts Today, "Plus by Minus: Today's 1/2 Century", March
1968