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ID number: BIRBI-2017.3 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Artist / Maker: Gabo, Naum (1890-1977) Title / Object name: Linear Construction in Space No.1 Object type: Sculpture Place made: St Ives, England Culture: Russian Date made: 1942/43 Materials: Perspex, with Nylon Monofilament Measurements: 21 x 21 x 7 cm Provenance: Bought from the artist around 1944 by Jack Pritchard, London; 1963 Marlborough Fine Art, London; 4 February 2003, Lot 352, Christie's, London; London; Private Collection, Switzerland; Offer, Waterman & Co, London; Private Collection, USA via Ben Elwes Ltd.. Purchased 2017 from Ben Elwes Fine Art, London, with the help of the Art Fund and the Victoria and Albert Purchase Grant Scheme |
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An engineer by training, Gabo here uses materials that were new at the time, such as Perspex, to create an illusion of a continuous curving form - and a work of ethereal beauty. This is the first sculpture in which he used stringing and nylon filament as a means of defining space and creating movement. The Russian-born artist made it when he was living in St Ives, Cornwall. Always at the forefront of avant-garde art, Gabo sought to produce objects that 'appeal more to our minds and our feelings than to our crude physical senses'. This work was probably modelled on a prototype made for an unrealised public sculpture to be sited near a textile factory, in celebration of skilled workers harnessing modern industrial technology. Inscriptions / Translations: None Notes: Plinth measurements: 1.8 x 28.3 x 14.5 cm |
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