Figure | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M23287
People: Louise Nevelson, American (Kyiv, Ukraine (formerly part of the Russian Empire) 1899 - 1988 New York, NY)
Title: Figure
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Goddess from the Great Beyond
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: c. 1953
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/253272

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Etching and aquatint on white wove paper
Technique: Etching and aquatint
Dimensions: image: 34.7 × 20.1 cm (13 11/16 × 7 15/16 in.)
sheet: 45 × 29 cm (17 11/16 × 11 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [G. W. Einstein Company, Inc., New York, New York], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, July 20, 1996.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: iii/iv
Standard Reference Number: B. 8

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of G. W. Einstein Company, Inc.
Object Number: M23287
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Into the New: Menschsein: Von Pollock bis Bourgeois US-amerikanische Kunst im Sädel Museum, exh. cat., Städel Museum and Sandstein Verlag (Frankfurt, 2022), p. 16, fig. 9, ill. (color)

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M23287: Figure