Figures in the Forest
1953-1955
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View on museum website →Medium
etching in black on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 37.2 x 45.1 cm (14 5/8 x 17 3/4 in.) sheet: 44.1 x 58.4 cm (17 3/8 x 23 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Collectors Committee
Accession Number
1996.111.1
About the Artist
Louise Nevelson
Louise Nevelson (1899–1988) was a Ukrainian-born American sculptor who became one of the most prominent figures in twentieth-century American art, renowned for her monumental wooden wall sculptures. Born Leah Berliawsky in Pereiaslav, Russian Empire (now Ukraine), she emigrated with her family to Rockland, Maine, in 1905 and moved to New York City in 1920, where she studied at the Art Students Lea...