LOT DETAILS

Materials:

cast aluminum covered with translucent plastic, phosphor-bronze wire and plastic

Measurements:

109.49 in. (278.10 cm.) (height) by 125.00 in. (317.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Inscribed Gabo

Literature:

Naum Gabo, Herbert Read & Leslie Martin, Constructions, Paintings, Drawings, Engravings, London, 1957, illustrated p. 184. "Integration des arts dans l'architecture," in Aujoud'hut: art et architecture, Paris, no. 11, January 1957, illustrated p. 20. "An Architecture for Day or Night" & "Art Artist and Architecture: Sculpture by Naum Gabo," in The Architectural Record, vol. 122, no. 5, November 1957, illustrated p. 178. Steven A. Nash, Jörn MErkert, Colin Sanderson & Christina Lodder, Naum Gabo, Sixty Years of Constructivism, Including Catalogue Raisonné of the Constructions and Sculptures, Munich, 1985, no 69.2, pp. 42, 67 & 247. George Rickey, Constructivism: Origins and Evolution, New York, 1995, illustrated pp. 32-33. Martin Hammer & Christina Lodder, Constructing Modernity: The Art and Career of Naum Gabo, New Haven, 2000, illustrated pl. 236. Natalia Sidlina, Naum Gabo, London, 2012, pp. 182-83 & 185-87

Provenance:

U.S. Rubber Company Building (unveiled on December 10, 1956). Celanese Building, New York (relocated from the above in 1976)