1970.141: Figure
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1970.141
- People
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Louise Nevelson, American (Kyiv, Ukraine (formerly part of the Russian Empire) 1899 - 1988 New York, NY)
- Title
- Figure
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture
- Date
- 20th century
- Places
- Creation Place: North America, United States
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/227818
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Plaster with wood base
- Dimensions
- 31.75 x 19.05 x 17.78 cm (12 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 7 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: On back: Nevelson
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1970.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lois Orswell
- Copyright
- © Estate of Louise Nevelson / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Accession Year
- 1970
- Object Number
- 1970.141
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Publication History
- Acquisitions, 1969-1970, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1970), reproduced in b/w p. 167
- Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 178, fig. 155; pp. 340-341 (repr. b/w), 377
- Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Friends: Works from the Lois Orswell Collection, Harvard University, exh. cat., Knoedler & Co. Inc. (New York, 2003), p46
Exhibition History
- Unidentified Exhibition, Lincoln Laboratory, 1974, Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, 12/01/1974 - 12/31/1974
- Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/21/2002 - 02/16/2003
- Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Friends: Works from the Lois Orswell Collection, Harvard University, Knoedler & Co. Inc., New York, 11/14/2003 - 01/24/2004
Verification Level
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