Naum Gabo
Construction
1950
Scroll
Naum Gabo
Construction
1950
Physical Qualities
Aluminum, plexiglas, gold and steel wire, bronze mesh, plastic, and paint, Height (approx.): 180 in. (457.2 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Saidie A. May
Object Number
1951.148.1
The Baltimore Museum of Art by commission, 1950-1950; from the artist (commissioned by Saidie A. May for the The Baltimore Museum of Art)
'An Engineer's Dreams Tap at Art's Door,' The Sunday Sun, Living in Maryland, A-3, June 11, 1950. (copy in file) BMA News, Nov. 1951, p. 4.
Naum Gabo, 'Memorial to Saidie A. May,' BMA News, Dec. 1951, pp. 3-4, ill. p. 3. (copy in file)
'Constructivism is Optimistic, Gabo Tells Museum Audience,' The Sun, April [missing date]. (copy in file)
John DiCorpo, 'Gabo Creation to Delight Children,' [source & date unknown]. (copy in file)
'Ideas on Sculpture,' BMA News, Apr. 1954, p. 24, ill. (copy in file)
'Sculpture,' Architectural Review (UK), March 1955, pp. 203-204, fig. 3-5. (copy in file)
Sunday Sun, Oct. 21, 1956, Brown Section, p. 9, ill.
Herbert Read, The Art of Sculpture, Bollingen Series, XXXV-3, NY: Pantheon Books, 1956, p. 101, ill. pl. 220-223 (4 different views).
Herbert Read and Leslie Martin, Gabo, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1957, pp. 81-85.
David Sylvester, ed., "Modern Art from Fauvism to Abstract Expressionism," The Book of Art, Vol. 8, NY: Franklin Watts, 1965, ill. p. 233.
George Rickey, Constructivism...Origins & Evolution, NY: G. Braziller, 1967, p. 34, pl. 36.
H. H. Arnason, "History of Modern Art/Painting, Sculpture, Architecture," NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1968, ill. p. 317 (identified as 'Construction Suspended in Space')
Sale L09103, "Sotheby's," London, 6/28/1999, ill. p. 122 (for lot 45, ill). (copy in file)
Susan Helen Adler, "Saidie May Pioneer of Early 20th Century Collecting" Baltimore: Stonehouse Design, 2008, p. 267.
On View: Cone Wing, Stairway
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