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Property from the Estate of Harry Grubert
Naum Gabo (1890-1977)
Drawing for an Imaginary Construction
Details
Naum Gabo (1890-1977)
Drawing for an Imaginary Construction
signed 'N. GABO' (lower center) and signed again and dated 'N. Gabo 1935' (extreme lower left)
oil, watercolor and colored wax crayons on paper laid down on paper
9 3/8 x 7 3/8 in. (23.7 x 18.7 cm.)
Executed in 1935
Drawing for an Imaginary Construction
signed 'N. GABO' (lower center) and signed again and dated 'N. Gabo 1935' (extreme lower left)
oil, watercolor and colored wax crayons on paper laid down on paper
9 3/8 x 7 3/8 in. (23.7 x 18.7 cm.)
Executed in 1935
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Galerie de France, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, February 2009.
Galerie de France, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, February 2009.
Literature
H. Read and L. Martin, eds., Gabo: Constructions, Sculpture, Paintings, Drawings, Engravings, London, 1957 (illustrated in color, pl. 113).
Exhibited
Lugano, Galerie Pieter Coray and Paris, Galerie de France, Naum Gabo, November 1989-January 1990, p. 49, no. 22 (illustrated in color).
Brought to you by
Vanessa Fusco