Louise Nevelson

The Magic Garden
1953–1955

An etching with abstract and figurative elements on a cream-colored paper. The composition includes a central circular form resembling a face surrounded by various patterns and shapes, with a dark background providing contrast. The artwork has a rough, textured appearance and is signed and dated in the lower right corner.

An etching with abstract and figurative elements on a cream-colored paper. The composition includes a central circular form resembling a face surrounded by various patterns and shapes, with a dark background providing contrast. The artwork has a rough, textured appearance and is signed and dated in the lower right corner.

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Date
1953–1955

Classification
Prints

Medium
Aquatint and etching

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 10 × 13 1/8in. (25.4 × 33.3 cm) Plate: 5 7/8 × 8 5/8in. (14.9 × 21.9 cm)

Accession number
96.236

Edition
Edition unknown | Third state

Publication
Printed by Atelier 17

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of G.W. Einstein Company, Inc.

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

API
artworks/11048

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Louise Nevelson
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