Louise Nevelson

The Magic Garden

1953–1955

Abstract sketch of two overlapping human faces, one wearing a crown-like shape, on aged paper.
Abstract sketch of two overlapping human faces, one wearing a crown-like shape, on aged paper.

Louise Nevelson, The Magic Garden, 1953–1955. Aquatint and etching, sheet (Irregular): 9 15/16 × 13 3/16 in. (25.2 × 33.5 cm) Plate: 5 7/8 × 8 3/4 in. (14.9 × 22.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Committee 96.192. ©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): 9 15/16 × 13 3/16 in. (25.2 × 33.5 cm) Plate: 5 7/8 × 8 3/4 in. (14.9 × 22.2 cm)

Accession number
96.192

Edition
Second 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
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