Majesty | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M23288
People: Louise Nevelson, American (Kyiv, Ukraine (formerly part of the Russian Empire) 1899 - 1988 New York, NY)
Title: Majesty
Other Titles: Alternate Title: The Search
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: c. 1952-1954
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/253864

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Etching and aquatint
Dimensions: 55.4 x 44.3 cm (21 13/16 x 17 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

Standard Reference Number: B. 22

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Accession Year: 1996
Object Number: M23288
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Christina Weyl, The Women of Atelier 17: Modernist Printmaking in Midcentury New York, Yale University Press (New Haven and London, 2019), pp. 126-127, fig. 62, ill. (color)

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M23288: Majesty