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Blocks of black printed on a sheet of dark red wood grain pattern

A vertical rectangle of tan paper is printed all over with undulating lines of wood grain in dull red ink. The sheet has two clusters of semi-transparent black shapes printed over the wood grain. In the top half are one large square at left, and two smaller ones butting against its right side. Atop these two is a triangle with one side curving inward. These same shapes are repeated in the lower half with the large square at right and the triangle below the small squares. Jagged angular lines have been scratched into some of the squares.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M25857
People
Louise Nevelson, American (Kyiv, Ukraine (formerly part of the Russian Empire) 1899 - 1988 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled
Other Titles
Alternate Title: two forms, each of four elements, printed in black on soft red woodgrain
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1980
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/78365

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock monoprint on tan machine wove paper
Technique
Monotype
Dimensions
block: 64.7 × 40.5 cm (25 1/2 × 15 15/16 in.)
sheet: 65.8 × 41 cm (25 7/8 × 16 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, graphite, hand written: 70002 LN [estate inventory number]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[G. W. Einstein Company, Inc., New York, New York], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, August 12, 2003.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Copyright
© Estate of Louise Nevelson / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2003
Object Number
M25857
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

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