Louise Nevelson

The Magic Garden

1953–1955

Faint pencil etching showing two abstract human faces, a crown, and a tall leaf.
Faint pencil etching showing two abstract human faces, a crown, and a tall leaf.

Louise Nevelson, The Magic Garden, 1953–1955. Etching and aquatint, sheet (Irregular): 12 7/8 × 16 3/4 in. (32.7 × 42.5 cm) Plate: 5 11/16 × 8 7/8 in. (14.5 × 22.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of G.W. Einstein Company, Inc. 96.235. ©Estate of Louise Nevelson/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Recto

Not on view

Date
1953–1955

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching and aquatint

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 12 7/8 × 16 3/4 in. (32.7 × 42.5 cm) Plate: 5 11/16 × 8 7/8 in. (14.5 × 22.5 cm)

Accession number
96.235

Edition
Edition unknown | First state

Publication
Printed by Atelier 17

Credit line
Gift of G.W. Einstein Company, Inc.

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

API
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