Louise Nevelson

American, born Kiev, Russia (now Ukraine), 1899-1988

Sky Cathedral, 1958

Collection Highlight

wood, painted black

sculpture: 102 1/2 x 133 1/2 inches (260.35 x 339.09 cm); overall (with base): 115 x 135 x 20 inches (292.1 x 342.9 x 50.8 cm)

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

George B. and Jenny R. Mathews Fund, 1970

1970:1

Inscriptions:

signature, dated / upper left / 86 Nevelson 1958

Provenance:

the artist, 1958-1960;
Martha Jackson Gallery, 1960-1970;
sold to Albright-Knox Art Gallery, March 2, 1970

Object Classifications:

Sculpture

Assemblage (sculpture)

Information may change due to ongoing research. Glossary of Terms

Untitled, 1958

Louise Nevelson
Royal Game I, 1961

Louise Nevelson
Portfolio 9, 1967

Sam Francis, Ellsworth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein, Richard Lindner, Robert Motherwell, Louise Nevelson, Henry Pearson, Saul Steinberg, Willem de Kooning
Dusk in August from Portfolio 9, 1967

Louise Nevelson
Kneeling Horse, 1932-1985

Louise Nevelson
Transparent Sculpture I, 1967-1968

Louise Nevelson
Transparent Sculpture IV, 1968

Louise Nevelson
Drum, 1976

Louise Nevelson

No image available,
but we’re working on it
A Double Imagery III, 1968

Louise Nevelson

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but we’re working on it
Clowns' Houses from the portfolio Facade, 1966

Louise Nevelson

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but we’re working on it
The Drum from the portfolio Facade, 1966

Louise Nevelson

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but we’re working on it
The Wind's Bastinado from the portfolio Facade, 1966

Louise Nevelson

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but we’re working on it
Facade, 1966

Louise Nevelson

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but we’re working on it
Nursery Rhyme from the portfolio Facade, 1966

Louise Nevelson

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but we’re working on it
Mariner Man from the portfolio Facade, 1966

Louise Nevelson

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but we’re working on it
By the Lake from the portfolio Facade, 1966

Louise Nevelson

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but we’re working on it
Black Mrs. Behemoth from the portfolio Facade, 1966

Louise Nevelson

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but we’re working on it
Dark Song from the portfolio Facade, 1966

Louise Nevelson

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but we’re working on it
Four in the Morning from the portfolio Facade, 1966

Louise Nevelson

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but we’re working on it
I Do Like To Be Beside The Sea Side from the portfolio Facade, 1966

Louise Nevelson

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but we’re working on it
Lullaby for Jumbo from the portfolio Facade, 1966

Louise Nevelson

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but we’re working on it
The Octogenerian from the portfolio Facade, 1966

Louise Nevelson

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but we’re working on it

Sky Cathedral, 1958

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Untitled, 1958

Royal Game I, 1961

Portfolio 9, 1967

Dusk in August from Portfolio 9, 1967

Kneeling Horse, 1932-1985

Transparent Sculpture I, 1967-1968

Transparent Sculpture IV, 1968

Drum, 1976

A Double Imagery III, 1968

Clowns' Houses from the portfolio Facade, 1966

The Drum from the portfolio Facade, 1966

The Wind's Bastinado from the portfolio Facade, 1966

Facade, 1966

Nursery Rhyme from the portfolio Facade, 1966

Mariner Man from the portfolio Facade, 1966

By the Lake from the portfolio Facade, 1966

Black Mrs. Behemoth from the portfolio Facade, 1966

Dark Song from the portfolio Facade, 1966

Four in the Morning from the portfolio Facade, 1966

I Do Like To Be Beside The Sea Side from the portfolio Facade, 1966

Lullaby for Jumbo from the portfolio Facade, 1966

The Octogenerian from the portfolio Facade, 1966

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