Naum Gabo

[Russian-born American Constructivist Sculptor, 1890-1977]

• Also known as:	Naum Neemia Pevsner
• Relationships:	Brother of Antoine Pevsner. Member of the Abstraction-Creation Group in Paris, 1930s.
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Museums and Public Art Galleries:

Museum of Modern Art, New York City
Head of a Woman. c, 1917-20

National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
2 works online

New York Public Library Digital Gallery
Opus Ten, wood engraving

Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
Constructivist Head No. 1

The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.
Linear Construction in Space No. 1 (Variation), 1943

Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts

Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery, UK

Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin
Construction in Space: Arch

Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK
24 works by or related to the artist

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Museum of London, UK
Construction on space with crystalline centre, 1938-40

Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas

Tate Gallery, London, UK

Smithsonian Institution Art Inventories
List of works nationwide from two sources: the Inventory of American Paintings Executed before 1914 and the Inventory of American Sculpture (only a few percent of listings have an accompanying image)

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Constructing Modernity: The Art and Career of Naum Gabo

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