Female Nude | Harvard Art Museums

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Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2002.3
People: Louise Nevelson, American (Kyiv, Ukraine (formerly part of the Russian Empire) 1899 - 1988 New York, NY)
Title: Female Nude
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: c. 1935
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/148046

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

21.7 x 29.7 cm (8 9/16 x 11 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: lower right, graphite: nevelson
inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: [collector]: Nevelson estate; [dealer]: # / LNEV666 60035
inscription: verso, graphite, handwritten: TL38114 [Fogg TL number]
collector's mark: verso, stamp ink and graphite, stamped and handwritten: collector's (donor's) mark with year of acquisition: [joined M and C] 98

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Estate of Louise Nevelson, sold; to Marjorie B. Cohn, Arlington, Massachusetts through [G.W. Einstein Company, Inc., New York, New York], 1998, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2002.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Marjorie B. Cohn in honor of Elizabeth ("Cassie") Mansfield
Copyright: © Estate of Louise Nevelson / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year: 2002
Object Number: 2002.3
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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