Louise Nevelson

Sunken Cathedral
1953–1955

An abstract etching depicting a roughly sketched cubic structure with visible crosshatching and smudging techniques, creating a dark, textured background. The artwork has a vintage feel, with the paper showing signs of age and the artist's signature and edition number visible at the bottom.

An abstract etching depicting a roughly sketched cubic structure with visible crosshatching and smudging techniques, creating a dark, textured background. The artwork has a vintage feel, with the paper showing signs of age and the artist's signature and edition number visible at the bottom.

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Date
1953–1955

Classification
Prints

Medium
Aquatint and drypoint

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

Accession number
96.195

Edition
1/30

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

API
artworks/11000

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Louise Nevelson
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