Louise Nevelson

Sunken Cathedral

1953–1955

Tall leaning abstract grid-like structures with rough textured background and scratched white lines.
Tall leaning abstract grid-like structures with rough textured background and scratched white lines.

Louise Nevelson, Sunken Cathedral, 1953–1955. Aquatint and drypoint, sheet: 22 5/16 × 17 7/16 in. (56.7 × 44.3 cm) Plate: 20 11/16 × 13 7/8 in. (52.6 × 35.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Committee 96.195. ©Estate of Louise Nevelson/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Date
1953–1955

Classification
Prints

Medium
Aquatint and drypoint

Dimensions
Sheet: 22 5/16 × 17 7/16 in. (56.7 × 44.3 cm) Plate: 20 11/16 × 13 7/8 in. (52.6 × 35.2 cm)

Accession number
96.195

Edition
1/30

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/11000




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