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Opus 6

Print
1955-1956 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Gabo, Naum (artist)
Place of origin
USA (made)

Wood engraving and montype printed in grey on Japanese paper with marks apparently made with the artis's thumb nail. Abstract linear pattern of two intersecting swirling loops around a central oval loop.


Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleOpus 6 (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Wood engraving and monotype, printed in grey on Japanese paper
Japanese Paper
Printing Ink
Wood Engraving
Monotype
Brief description
Print by Naum Gabo, 'Opus 6', wood engraving and monotype printed in grey, USA, 1955-56
Physical description
Wood engraving and montype printed in grey on Japanese paper with marks apparently made with the artis's thumb nail. Abstract linear pattern of two intersecting swirling loops around a central oval loop.
Dimensions
  • Height: 38.5cm
  • Width: 33.3cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
Style
Constructivism
Marks and inscriptions
Gabo Op 6 (Signature and title; pencil)
Production
Attribution note: Gabo did not edition his prints. There are 31 known impression for 0pus 6 but each slightly different from the rest, due to hand printing which gives rise to accidental effects.
Subject depicted
Constructivism
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
  • Williams, Graham ed. Naum Gabo: monoprints from engraved wood blocks and stencils. Biddenden, Kent: Florin Press for Kettle's Yard; Edinburgh: Cambridge & Talbot Rice Gallery, 1987. ISBN: 0906715156. pp. 15-21 and pp. 58-59
  • Nash, Steven A. and Jörn Merkert. Naum Gabo : sixty years of constructivism. Munich: Prestel Verlag, 1985. cat. no. 69
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3127-1990

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2009
Record URL
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