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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2002.3
People
Louise Nevelson, American (Kyiv, Ukraine (formerly part of the Russian Empire) 1899 - 1988 New York, NY)
Title
Female Nude
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1935
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/148046

Location

Location
Level 1, Room 1100, Modern and Contemporary Art, The Sixties Experiment/Multiple Strategies
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
21.7 x 29.7 cm (8 9/16 x 11 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: lower right, graphite: nevelson
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: [collector]: Nevelson estate; [dealer]: # / LNEV666 60035
  • inscription: verso, graphite, handwritten: TL38114 [Fogg TL number]
  • collector's mark: verso, stamp ink and graphite, stamped and handwritten: collector's (donor's) mark with year of acquisition: [joined M and C] 98

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Estate of Louise Nevelson, sold; to Marjorie B. Cohn, Arlington, Massachusetts through [G.W. Einstein Company, Inc., New York, New York], 1998, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2002.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Marjorie B. Cohn in honor of Elizabeth ("Cassie") Mansfield
Copyright
© Estate of Louise Nevelson / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2002
Object Number
2002.3
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/07/2024 - 04/07/2025

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