Louise Nevelson

Black Majesty

1955

Black wooden abstract sculpture with geometric blocks, a sphere on a column, and a T-shaped beam.
Black wooden abstract sculpture with geometric blocks, a sphere on a column, and a T-shaped beam.

Louise Nevelson, Black Majesty, 1955. Painted wood and plywood, overall: 28 × 38 1/4 × 16 1/8 in. (71.1 × 97.2 × 41 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Mildwoff through the Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors, Inc. 56.11. ©Estate of Louise Nevelson/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Date
1955

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Painted wood and plywood

Dimensions
Overall: 28 × 38 1/4 × 16 1/8 in. (71.1 × 97.2 × 41 cm)

Accession number
56.11

Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Mildwoff through the Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors, Inc.

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

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Louise Nevelson
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