Dream House XXXIX
Artist
Louise Nevelson
(American, born Ukraine, 1899 - 1988)
Date1973
MediumPaint on wood
DimensionsOverall: 90 1/4 × 26 × 17 inches (229.24 × 66.04 × 43.18 cm)
Credit LineGift of the American Art Foundation
Object numberF96-23/1 A-K
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DescriptionRectangular, narrow, black, vertical, apartment house-like form of seven stories resting upon rectangular black base and topped by pitched roof. Curvilinear jigsaw cut wooden members attached on all sides and roof. One hinged door and 12 hinged window-doors on structure's facade open. One hinged door opens on back side of structure. Seven interior wooden floor planes and ten rectilinear black blocks (B-K) to be arranged inside structure.Copyright© Estate of Louise Nevelson / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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