Louise Nevelson

Circus Wagon
1953–1955

An abstract black and white etching featuring a composition of various geometric and organic shapes that resemble a distorted architectural form or a schematic diagram. The image has a textured background with two prominent rectangular sections filled with grid-like patterns and symbols.

An abstract black and white etching featuring a composition of various geometric and organic shapes that resemble a distorted architectural form or a schematic diagram. The image has a textured background with two prominent rectangular sections filled with grid-like patterns and symbols.

Not on view

Date
1953–1955

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching and aquatint

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 18 5/8 × 20 11/16in. (47.3 × 52.5 cm) Plate: 14 15/16 × 17 9/16in. (37.9 × 44.6 cm)

Accession number
69.223

Edition
1/20

Publication
Printed by Louise Nevelson; published by Atelier 17

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist

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

API
artworks/11906

Exhibitions

The Face in the Moon: Drawings and Prints by Louise Nevelson

July 20–Oct 8, 2018

Louise Nevelson
101 works in the collection

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