Louise Nevelson

The Magic Garden
1953–1955

An abstract black and white etching featuring a composition of various shapes and lines with two prominent mask-like faces, one with a crown-like shape on its head. The artwork is on aged paper with rough edges, and there's a signature and date on the bottom right corner.

An abstract black and white etching featuring a composition of various shapes and lines with two prominent mask-like faces, one with a crown-like shape on its head. The artwork is on aged paper with rough edges, and there's a signature and date on the bottom right corner.

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Date
1953–1955

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching and aquatint

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 3/16 × 13 3/16in. (25.9 × 33.5 cm) Plate: 5 7/8 × 8 7/8in. (14.9 × 22.5 cm)

Accession number
96.237

Edition
Edition unknown | Second 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/11049

Exhibitions

In Depth: Recent Acquisitions in Prints

July 22–Nov 26, 2000

Louise Nevelson
101 works in the collection

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