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Naum Gabo

May Wing Stair Installation

1945-1955

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Naum Gabo

May Wing Stair Installation

1945-1955

Physical Qualities Wood, brass wire, plastic, iron nails, and cardboard, Sculpture Model: 12 x 10 x 11 in. (30.5 x 25.4 x 27.9 cm) Diorama: 33 x 28 x 26 1/4 in. (83.8 x 71.1 x 66.7 cm)
Credit Line Bequest of Saidie A. May
Object Number 1951.148.2
The Baltimore Museum of Art by commission, 1950-1950; from the artist (commissioned by Saidie A. May for the The Baltimore Museum of Art)
Lourenco Manuel Williams Egreja, "The History of Naum Gabo's Commissions in the United States of America," 2002 MA Thesis, City COllege of the City University of New York. See Vertical File for BMA sculpture, 1951.148.

Artist

Naum Gabo

1889–1976

born Bryansk, Russia 1890; died Waterbury, CT 1977
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