1951
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1951 ink by Naum Gabo, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This print shows two simple shapes floating against a dark background. One looks like a stretched oval with a small circle inside, the other like a lopsided oval with jagged lines. Both shapes are outlined in thin white lines, and the background has tiny dots scattered across it. The artist signed it "Gabo" and wrote "For Katherine with love" in the corner. The year 1951 is also tucked in there—this wasn’t made long ago. If you like this kind of clean, geometric look, check out engraving.
Naum Gabo (born Naum Neemia Pevsner; Russian: Наум Борисович Певзнер; Hebrew: נחום נחמיה פבזנר; 5 August 1890 – 23 August 1977) was a Russian and American constructivist sculptor and theorist.
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