Louise Nevelson

Moving-Static-Moving Figure

c. 1945

Dark abstract stone sculpture with a carved face on top layered over a geometric base.
Dark abstract stone sculpture with a carved face on top layered over a geometric base.

Not on view

Date
c. 1945

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Painted terra-cotta, brass, and steel

Dimensions
Overall (variable): 23 1/4 × 12 5/8 × 8 1/4 in. (59.1 × 32.1 × 21 cm) Overall (with base): 24 1/2 × 12 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (62.2 × 32.1 × 24.1 cm)

Accession number
69.159.7a-c

Credit line
Gift of the artist

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

API
artworks/11165

Part of a series:
Moving-Static-Moving Figures
15 works

Tall dark abstract sculpture resembling a simplified standing human figure on a white pedestal.
Abstract dark stone-like blocks stacked on a metal rod mounted on a black base.
Two dark abstract stone blocks stand side by side on a black base atop a white plinth.
Tall abstract dark sculpture of stacked geometric shapes resembling a simplified human figure on a pedestal.
Abstract dark stone sculpture of two stacked forms with a small horizontal block balanced on top.
Dark abstract stone sculpture with a carved face on top layered over a geometric base.
Abstract dark stone sculpture with geometric shapes standing on a square black base and white plinth.
Abstract dark sculpture of stacked geometric blocks suggesting a standing figure on a white pedestal.
Abstract black stone sculpture of stacked geometric forms balancing on a black base atop a white pedestal.
Abstract dark stone-like sculpture of three stacked blocks with carved lines on a white pedestal.

Louise Nevelson
102 works in the collection, 34 exhibitions

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