Ancient Secrets
1964
Sculptor, American, born Russia (now Ukraine), 1899 - 1988
Louise Nevelson
East Building Ground Level, Gallery 101
Artwork overview
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Medium
painted wood
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall without base: 179.39 × 158.75 × 38.1 cm (70 5/8 × 62 1/2 × 15 in.)
overall with base: 189.55 × 172.72 × 68.58 cm (74 5/8 × 68 × 27 in.) -
Accession Number
2015.19.3804
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Pace Gallery, New York); purchased October 1968 as a gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1971
Depth and Presence, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 3-30 May 1971.
1974
Contemporary Religious Imagery in American Art, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, 28 February - 28 March 1974.
1975
15 American Artists from the Corcoran: An Exhibition of American 20th Century Works from the Permanent Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, London Art Gallery, Ontario, 4 April - 6 May 1975, no. 12, repro.
Sculpture: American Directions, 1945-1975, National Collection of Fine Arts (now Smithsonian American Art Museum), Washington; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, New Orleans Museum of Art, 3 October 1975 - 16 May 1976.
1982
Modern Sculpture from the Permanent Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, Summer 1982.
1986
Friends of the Corcoran 25th Anniversary Exhibition: Selections from Acquisitions by the Friends of the Corcoran, 1961-1985, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 14-30 March 1986, unnumbered checklist.
Wikidata ID
Q63864243