Black Wall

Date

1964

Artist

Louise Nevelson, American, b. Kyiv, Ukraine, 1899–1988

Provenance

Harold Diamond, New York, to 21 March 1964

Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 21 March 1964-17 May 1966

GIft of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Exhibition History

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Over, Under, Next: Experiments in Mixed Media, 1913-Present," 18 April-8 September 2013, no cat.

Published References

WOMEN'S PROGRAM OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. Women Artists: A Checklist of Works in the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979), ill.

MARTINEZ, BENJAMIN and JACQUELINE BLOCK. Visual Forces: An Introduction to Design 2nd ed. (New Jersey: Englewood Cliffs/Prentice Hall, 1995), fig. C, p. 49.

ELLEGOOD, ANNE and JOANNA BURTON. The Uncertainty of Objects and Ideas: Recent Sculpture (Washington, DC: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, 2006), ill. p. 11.

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School

American Eccentrics

On View

Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor

Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Data Source

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Accession Number

66.3825

Type

Sculpture

Medium

Wood, paint, and metal

Dimensions

65 x 39 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. (165.1 x 100.3 x 26 cm)