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Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1982.80
People: Louise Nevelson, American (Kyiv, Ukraine (formerly part of the Russian Empire) 1899 - 1988 New York, NY)
Title: Untitled
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: sculpture
Date: 1959
Places: Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/227931

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Wood painted black (two pieces)

Dimensions

121.92 x 69.85 x 60.96 cm (48 x 27 1/2 x 24 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: top of base: Nevelson

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Louise Nevelson, sold (through [Grand Central Galleries, New York, New York]); to Lois Orswell, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1982.

NOTE: Provenance from donor.

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: 1982
Object Number: 1982.80
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 179, fig. 156

Exhibition History

Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/21/2002 - 02/16/2003

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1982.80: Untitled