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Artist: Louise Nevelson, American, born Ukraine, 1899–1988
Hanging Column, from Dawn’s Wedding Feast
1959
Painted wood
182.88 × 11.43 × 11.43 cm (72 × 4 1/2 × 4 1/2 in.)
Gift of Reid White, B.A. 1957, and Laird Trowbridge White, formerly in the collection of Dorothy C. Miller
2007.127.1
Status:
On view
Culture:
American
Period:
20th century
Classification:
Sculpture
Provenance:
Purchased from the artist by Dorothy White in 1960
Bequeathed to Reid White by Dorothy White in 2003
Bibliography:
Art for Yale: Collecting for a New Century, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2007), 315, pl. 300.
“Acquisitions, July 1, 2007–June 30, 2008,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2008): 227.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
