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Louise Nevelson

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

Jack Mitchell (American, 1925-2013). Louise Nevelson, New York, 1974. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 9 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches (24.8 x 16.6 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1976 (K1976:4.37). © Estate of Jack Mitchell

Works by This Artist

Lullaby for Jumbo from the portfolio Facade, 1966

Louise Nevelson
Four in the Morning from the portfolio Facade, 1966

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

Louise Nevelson
Dark Song from the portfolio Facade, 1966

Louise Nevelson
By the Lake from the portfolio Facade, 1966

Louise Nevelson
The Octogenerian from the portfolio Facade, 1966

Louise Nevelson
Mariner Man from the portfolio Facade, 1966

Louise Nevelson
The Wind's Bastinado from the portfolio Facade, 1966

Louise Nevelson
Black Mrs. Behemoth from the portfolio Facade, 1966

Louise Nevelson
Nursery Rhyme from the portfolio Facade, 1966

Louise Nevelson
Clowns' Houses from the portfolio Facade, 1966

Louise Nevelson
The Drum from the portfolio Facade, 1966

Louise Nevelson
Facade, 1966

Louise Nevelson
Sky Cathedral, 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
Untitled, 1958

Louise Nevelson

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A Double Imagery III, 1968

Louise Nevelson

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Drum, 1976

Louise Nevelson

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but we’re working on it

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