Untitled
Artist
Louise Nevelson
(American, born Ukraine, 1899 - 1988)
Date1975
MediumPaint on wood
DimensionsOverall: 132 × 10 × 7 1/2 inches (335.28 × 25.4 × 19.05 cm)
Credit LineGift of the American Art Foundation
Object numberF96-23/3
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DescriptionSlender, black, vertical structure united at base and breaking into 2 separate vertical elements at approximately half-way point. Left element is of roughly grained, torn wood. Right element is regular and pipe-like, extending approximately 38 inches above left element and bending at a curved right angle back toward this rough-cut element for an additional 2 inches.Gallery LabelIn style, Untitled belongs to Louise Nevelson's totemic and columnar works. Its striking verticality is an assertion of being, singularity and presence in the world. But for Nevelson, nothing in the world exists apart from the whole: "Every piece that I make becomes a very living thing to me. When I work I'm not searching for perfection. I'm searching for life."
Copyright© Estate of Louise Nevelson / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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