BR58.46: Construction in Space with Balance on Two Points

Identification and Creation

Object Number

BR58.46

People

Naum Gabo, American (Bryansk, Russia 1890 - 1977 Waterbury CT)

Title

Construction in Space with Balance on Two Points

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

sculpture

Date

c. 1925-1926

Culture

Russian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/223083

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Cellulose acetate and polymethyl methacrylate (plexiglas)

Dimensions

25.6 x 34.9 x 16.5 cm (10 1/16 x 13 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.)
with base: 27.1 x 34.9 x 16.5 cm (10 11/16 x 13 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

The artist, gift; to Alexander Dorner, Providence, RI, 1938. Lydia Dorner, gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1958.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Lydia Dorner in memory of Dr. Alexander Dorner

Accession Year

1958

Object Number

BR58.46

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Charles Werner Haxthausen, The Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Abbeville Press (New York, NY, 1980), p. 65, repr. pp. 64-65
• Caroline A. Jones, Modern Art at Harvard: The Formation of the Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Collections of the Harvard University Art Museums (New York, NY and Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press, 1985). With an essay by John Coolidge and a preface by John M. Rosenfield. To accompany the inaugural exhibition at the Sackler Museum, Oct 21 1985 - Jan 5 1986, p. 104, fig. 99, ill. (b/w)
• Steven Nash, ed., Naum Gabo, sixty years of constructivism : including catalogue raisonné of the constructions and sculptures, Prestel Verlag (Munich, 1985), cat. no. 22.4
• Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 356, p. 300, repr.
• Peter Nisbet and Emilie Norris, Busch-Reisinger Museum: History and Holdings, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1991), p. 68, ill.
• Peter Nisbet and Joseph Koerner, The Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, ed. Peter Nisbet, Harvard University Art Museums and Scala Publishers Ltd. (Cambridge, MA and London, England, 2007), p. 121

Exhibition History

• From Werkbund to Bauhaus: Art and Design in Germany 1900-1934, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 05/12/1980 - 04/26/1980
• Works from the 20th Century Collection of the Busch-Reisinger, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 06/15/1980 - 09/01/1980; Wildenstein Gallery, New York, New York, 09/23/1980 - 10/24/1980
• 20th-Century Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 09/07/1981 - 11/11/1981
• Deutsche Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts aus dem Busch-Reisinger Museum, Stadtische Galerie im Stadelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt, 10/23/1982 - 01/16/1983; Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin 30, 02/10/1983 - 04/17/1983; Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, 05/08/1983 - 06/26/1983
• HAA 10 Survey Course: The Western Tradition, Art Since the Renaissance, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 03/08/2008 - 04/06/2008

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