Louise Nevelson

For Dance Design
1937

Pencil sketch of four whimsical, abstract human figures with exaggerated features and various patterns on their bodies, standing against a plain background with a wavy line at the top. Each figure has a unique hairstyle and is posed differently, with the second from the left facing forward and the others angled to the sides. The drawing has a playful and surreal quality.

Pencil sketch of four whimsical, abstract human figures with exaggerated features and various patterns on their bodies, standing against a plain background with a wavy line at the top. Each figure has a unique hairstyle and is posed differently, with the second from the left facing forward and the others angled to the sides. The drawing has a playful and surreal quality.

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Date
1937

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 9 1/4 × 17 1/4in. (23.5 × 43.8 cm)

Accession number
69.232

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/1807

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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