Object Details
Artist
Louise Nevelson, American, b. Kyiv, Ukraine, 1899–1988
Provenance
Pace Gallery, New York, to 7 December 1972
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York and Washington, DC, 7 December 1972-31 August 1981
Estate of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1981-1986
Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981
Exhibition History
THE JEWISH MUSEUM, New York. "The Sculpture of Louise Nevelson: Constructing a Legend," 5 May 2007-16 September 2007. Tour: DE YOUNG FINE ARTS MUSEUM, San Francisco. 27 October 2007-13 January 2008.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institiution, Washington, DC. "Put It This Way: (Re)Visions of the Hirshhorn Collection," 24 June 2022-16 July 2023, no cat.
Published References
BRYAN-WILSON, JULIA. "Louise Nevelson’s Modernisms,” Complementary Modernisms in China and the United States: Art as Life/Art as Idea. (Punctum Books, 2020), fig. I, p. 463.
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 130, p. 145.
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981
Date
(1972)
Accession Number
86.3340
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Wood, paint, and metal
Dimensions
75 1/8 × 24 5/8 × 16 7/8 in. (190.8 × 62.5 × 42.9 cm)
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School
American Eccentrics
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Link to Original Record
Record ID
hmsg_86.3340