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Naum Gabo
[Russian-born American Constructivist Sculptor, 1890-1977]
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Naum Gabo Works Online
Categorized & Annotated
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Original works by Naum Gabo available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
 Art Institute of Chicago NEW!
Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery, UK
Linear Construction in Space No 2, 1957-58
Guggenheim Museum, New York City
Click "View all" to see a total of 6 works online
Museum of Modern Art, New York City
Includes biographical information about the artist
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh NEW!
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. NEW!
Most but not all artists in the NGA database have works online
Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
Constructivist Head No. 1
Tate Gallery, London, UK
The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.
Linear Construction in Space No. 1 (Variation), 1943
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts
Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin
Construction in Space: Arch
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK
24 works by or related to the artist
Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts
Harvard have works in their collections, but unfortunately you have to type in the search yourself
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C. NEW!
Los Angeles County Museum of Art NEW!
Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, Connecticut
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri
Museum of London, UK
Construction on space with crystalline centre, 1938-40
Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
Art Fund for UK Museums
Construction Through a Plane
Smithsonian American Art Museum National 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)
Art Market:
(e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Christie's Past Sale Archive
(database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive
(database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
California State University WorldImages Database
New York Public Library Digital Gallery
PBase Photo Sharing
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Articles and Reference Sites:
Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on Naum Gabo 
Note: The full version of the article is available only if you follow this link. If you bookmark the article and return later, or if you navigate directly to the Britannica website, you will see a 100-word preview only. Troubleshooting
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
Wikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia
Biographical info
"Look Inside" and "Search Inside" Books at Amazon
| Look Inside Books: | Selections from the books listed below are scanned in, in high res. Text is clearly readable and art reproductions vary from so-so to excellent. Don't miss the fact that you can usually zoom in via the "View" drop-down menu, along the top row of Amazon's Online Reader. | |
| Search Inside Books: | Same as "Look Inside", except that the entire book is scanned in, and the text is fully searchable. This is an unbelievable resource, for research and especially for previewing a book when making the decision to buy.
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Constructing Modernity: The Art and Career of Naum Gabo
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