Louise Nevelson

The Magic Garden
1953–1955

An abstract black and white etching featuring stylized faces and shapes with a mix of sharp and curved lines, displayed on a cream-colored paper with a signature and edition number on the bottom right.
An abstract black and white etching featuring stylized faces and shapes with a mix of sharp and curved lines, displayed on a cream-colored paper with a signature and edition number on the bottom right.

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Date
1953–1955

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching and aquatint

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 9 15/16 × 13 1/8in. (25.2 × 33.3 cm) Plate: 5 13/16 × 8 11/16in. (14.8 × 22.1 cm)

Accession number
96.193

Edition
Third of 3 states

Publication
Printed by Atelier 17

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Committee

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

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Louise Nevelson
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