Louise Nevelson

Archaic Figure With a Star on Her Head
1949–1950

Not on view

Date
1949–1950

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Painted terracotta

Dimensions
Overall: 21 1/2 × 5 3/8 × 3in. (54.6 × 13.7 × 7.6 cm) Overall (with base): 24 × 5 7/8 × 5 15/16in. (61 × 14.9 × 15.1 cm)

Accession number
2003.435

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Janet A. Grimes

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

API
artworks/20830




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