Louise Nevelson

Illumination—Dark

1961

Large black wall sculpture made of nine panels with geometric and textured abstract shapes arranged in a grid.
Large black wall sculpture made of nine panels with geometric and textured abstract shapes arranged in a grid.

Louise Nevelson, Illumination—Dark, 1961. Cast bronze, overall: 131 1/2 × 111 5/16 × 8 7/8 in. (334 × 282.7 × 22.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist, dedicated to the Whitney Museum of American Art 69.160a-i. ©Estate of Louise Nevelson/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Installation view

Not on view

Date
1961

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Cast bronze

Dimensions
Overall: 131 1/2 × 111 5/16 × 8 7/8 in. (334 × 282.7 × 22.5 cm)

Accession number
69.160a-i

Credit line
Gift of the artist, dedicated to the Whitney Museum of American Art

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

API
artworks/928




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