Louise Nevelson

Young Shadows

1959–1960

Black abstract wall sculpture with various geometric shapes and textures, displayed on a wooden floor.
Black abstract wall sculpture with various geometric shapes and textures, displayed on a wooden floor.

Louise Nevelson, Young Shadows, 1959–1960. Painted wood, overall: 115 × 126 × 7 3/4 in. (292.1 × 320 × 19.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art and Charles Simon 62.34a-o. ©Estate of Louise Nevelson/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Installation view

Not on view

Date
1959–1960

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Painted wood

Dimensions
Overall: 115 × 126 × 7 3/4 in. (292.1 × 320 × 19.7 cm)

Accession number
62.34a-o

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art and Charles Simon

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

API
artworks/2485




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