Collection View: Louise Nevelson

Apr 9–Aug 10, 2025

Large black wall sculpture made of wooden pieces arranged in geometric patterns, divided into several rectangular sections.
Large black wall sculpture made of wooden pieces arranged in geometric patterns, divided into several rectangular sections.

Louise Nevelson, Young Shadows, 1959–60. Painted wood, 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. © 2025 Estate of Louise Nevelson/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photograph by Ron Amstutz

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