Summary
Naum Gabo produced five constructions on the theme of Stone with Collar. This tiny version, an early model, was conceived and probably executed in Paris in around 1933, along with another small study, Stone with Collar, c.1933 (Tate T02147). The rough stone in this piece may have been a found pebble. Gabo seems not to have had enough money in Paris to produce more than small preliminary models, although these were crucial in the development of his new sculptural idea. Bringing this small sculpture with him from Paris, he continued working on the Stone with Collar series once he had settled in England in March 1936, further developing his carving techniques in the workshop of Mr Gumbrill, a London stonemason. His use of direct carving in the series initiated a lifelong interest in stone carving, undoubtedly heightened further in the 1930s by his friendship with the artists Barbara Hepworth (1903-75) and Henry Moore (1898-1986)… (read more)
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