Tower Artist: Naum Gabo (American, born Russia, 1890–1977)

1921–22

Modern and Contemporary Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Medium

Cellulose nitrate

Dimensions

13 × 7.7 × 6.1 cm (5 1/8 × 3 1/16 × 2 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Katherine S. Dreier

Accession Number

1953.6.3

Culture

American, Russian

Period

20th century

Classification

Sculpture

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Bibliography

  • Lisa R. Brody et al., "Unstable Works of Art," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2010): 130–31, fig. 1.
  • Robert L. Herbert, Eleanor S. Apter, and Elise K. Kenney, The Société Anonyme and the Dreier Bequest at Yale University: A Catalogue Raisonné (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1984), 284, no. 282, ill.

Object copyright
Copyright Artist/Estate/Foundation
In Copyright
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Object/Work type

sculpture

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