Louise Nevelson

The Magic Garden

1953–1955

Abstract black-and-white etching showing two stylized faces and swirling organic shapes.
Abstract black-and-white etching showing two stylized faces and swirling organic shapes.

Louise Nevelson, The Magic Garden, 1953–1955. Aquatint and etching, sheet (Irregular): 10 × 13 1/8 in. (25.4 × 33.3 cm) Plate: 5 7/8 × 8 11/16 in. (14.9 × 22.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Committee 96.191. ©Estate of Louise Nevelson/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Recto

Not on view

Date
1953–1955

Classification
Prints

Medium
Aquatint and etching

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 10 × 13 1/8 in. (25.4 × 33.3 cm) Plate: 5 7/8 × 8 11/16 in. (14.9 × 22.1 cm)

Accession number
96.191

Edition
First of 3 states

Publication
Printed by Atelier 17

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Print Committee

Rights and reproductions
©Estate of Louise Nevelson/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/10996





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