Wood engraving on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Opus 4
Collection
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Presented by the artist 1967
abstraction
animals: birds
bird - non-specific
figure
fine arts and music
from recognisable sources
instrument, lyre
irregular forms
man-made
non-representational
objects
paper print wood engraving
24 May 2008 – 21 September 2008
2008-09-21
24 May 2008 – 21 September 2008
2008-09-21
2008-05-24
Tate St Ives (St Ives, UK)
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2008-05-24
Collection Display May - Sept 08
Collection based display
5 February 2011 – 2 May 2011
2011-05-02
5 February 2011 – 2 May 2011
2011-05-02
2011-02-05
Tate St Ives (St Ives, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/stives/
2011-02-05
The Design Research Unit
Exhibition
25 January 2020 – 3 May 2020
2020-05-03
25 January 2020 – 3 May 2020
2020-05-03
2020-01-25
Tate St Ives (St Ives, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/stives/
2020-01-25
Naum Gabo: Realistic Manifesto
Exhibition
[no title]
image: 160 × 140 mm
Presented by the artist 1967
<p><span>02004 </span><b>Opus 4</b><span> 1950 </span>
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<p><span>Inscribed 'Gabo' b.r. and 'op 4' b.l. </span>
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<p><span>Wood engraving, 6 1/4 x 5 1/2 (16 x 13.8) on paper 9 x 8 (22.8 x 20.3)</span>
<br/><span>Presented by the artist through the American Federation of Arts 1967</span>
<br/><i>Lit:</i><span>
Michael Mazur, 'The Monoprints of Naum Gabo' in </span><i>Print Collector's Newsletter</i><span>, IX, No.5, 1978, pp.149-50, four other variants repr. p.150</span>
<br/><i>Repr:</i><span>
Herbert Read and Leslie Martin, </span><i>Gabo: Constructions, Sculpture, Paintings, Drawings, Engravings</i><span>
(London 1957), pl.129 (a different and much darker impression) </span>
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<p><span>Michael Mazur states of this: 'Gabo referred to this image as the "Lyrebird", though like the rest, it is untitled. ... One of the most delicate and evocative images in the series, it has many variations. ... There are 23 titled and signed examples, six signed "épreuve d'artiste", one signed but not titled, one mounted between lucite, and four in collections.' </span>
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<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/><span>Ronald Alley, </span><i>Catalogue of the Tate Gallery's Collection of Modern Art other than Works by British Artists</i><span>, Tate Gallery and Sotheby Parke-Bernet, London 1981, p.256, reproduced p.256</span>
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Catalogue entry
2004-01-28T00:00:00
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CATALOGUE_ENTRY
abstraction animals: birds bird - non-specific figure fine arts and music from recognisable sources instrument, lyre irregular forms man-made non-representational objects