Secret Box
Louise Nevelson
1876 to 1900
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View on museum website →Medium
wood
Dimensions
overall: 91.4 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm (36 x 3 x 3 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CMC
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of William C. Seitz and Irma S. Seitz
Accession Number
2004.30.9
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...