Dusk in August

1967

Louise Nevelson

Associated Names
Louise Nevelson

Artist, American, born Russia (now Ukraine), 1899 - 1988

Irwin Hollander

Printer, American, 1927 - 2018

Hollander Graphic Workshop

Publisher

The image depicts organic shapes and fluid lines divided into four quadrants by intersecting horizontal and vertical lines. The abstract forms resemble the outlines of landmasses or geological formations with undulating edges and irregular contours highlighted in a brownish hue against a black background. Some areas feature thin lines that curve and loop, resembling flowing rivers or paths on a map.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black with embossing on wove brown paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Collectors Committee

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 43.18 × 56.52 cm (17 × 22 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.137.1.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Baro 1974, no. 85

Associated Artworks

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The image shows an abstract design with bold lines, curves, and splatters in red, blue, yellow, and black against a white background. The composition conveys movement and energy, resembling paint droplets or liquid splashes.

Untitled

Sam Francis, Irwin Hollander, Hollander Graphic Workshop

1966

The image displays bold, curving shapes forming the outline of a large number "9" in a deep magenta hue set against a dark, textured background.

9

Various Artists, Hollander Graphic Workshop

1967

The image shows a large, bold, black half-oval shape with a rounded left edge and a flat right edge against a white background.

Black Form

Ellsworth Kelly, Irwin Hollander, Hollander Graphic Workshop

1966

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Sylvan Cole Gallery, New York); acquired 2000 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1974

  • Baro, Gene. Nevelson: The Prints. New York: Pace Editions, 1974, no. 85.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: II/XX / "Dusk in August"; lower right in graphite: Louise Nevelson

Markings

embossed: IH [Irwin Hollander]

Wikidata ID

Q76347784

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