Hanging Column, from Dawn's Wedding Feast Artist: Louise Nevelson (American, born Ukraine, 1899–1988)

1959

Modern and Contemporary Art

On view, 3rd floor, Modern and Contemporary Art and Design
Medium

Painted wood

Dimensions

72 × 4 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (182.88 × 11.43 × 11.43 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Reid White, B.A. 1957, and Laird Trowbridge White, formerly in the collection of Dorothy C. Miller

Accession Number

2007.127.1

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Sculpture

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Provenance
The artist (1899–1988); sold to Dorothy C. Miller (1904–2003), 1960;
by inheritance to her nephew Reid White, 2003; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2007
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions, July 1, 2007–June 30, 2008," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2008), 227
  • Art for Yale: Collecting for a New Century, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2007), 315, pl. 300
Object copyright
Copyright Louise Nevelson/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
In Copyright
Additional information

Subject

Women artists

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