In Depth: Recent Acquisitions in Prints

July 22–Nov 26, 2000

An abstract black and white etching featuring a composition of various shapes and lines with two prominent mask-like faces, one with a crown-like shape on its head. The artwork is on aged paper with rough edges, and there's a signature and date on the bottom right corner.
An abstract black and white etching featuring a composition of various shapes and lines with two prominent mask-like faces, one with a crown-like shape on its head. The artwork is on aged paper with rough edges, and there's a signature and date on the bottom right corner.

Louise Nevelson, The Magic Garden, 1953–1955. Etching and aquatint, sheet: 10 3/16 × 13 3/16 in. (25.9 × 33.5 cm) Plate: 5 7/8 × 8 7/8 in. (14.9 × 22.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of G.W. Einstein Company, Inc. 96.237. ©Estate of Louise Nevelson/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

In Depth: Recent Acquisitions in Prints was curated by David Kiehl.

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