The Night Sound

1971

Louise Nevelson

Associated Names
Louise Nevelson

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

Pace Editions

Publisher

Sergio and Fausta Tosi

Printer

The image shows dark rectangular and square shapes arranged in a grid-like pattern. The rectangles vary in size and orientation, with some containing lines and textures. The design resembles overlapping panels, with each shape having the appearance of doorways or window frames.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    embossed lead mounted to Fabriano wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Neal T. Turtell and Thomas G. Klarner

  • Dimensions

    image: 64.5 × 41.5 cm (25 3/8 × 16 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 76.1 × 63.5 cm (29 15/16 × 25 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.35.45

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Baro 1974, no. 111

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Sotheby's, New York, sale, October 29, 2005, lot 686); acquired at sale by Neal T. Turtell and Thomas G. Klarner, New York, 2005; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1974

  • Baro, Gene. Nevelson: The Prints. New York: Pace Editions, 1974, no. 110.

Inscriptions

"Louise Nevelson 71." lower right margin, graphite. "The Night Sound" lower center margin, graphite. "41/150" lower left margin, graphite.

Markings

None.

Watermarks

"C_M_Fabriano - 100/100 Cotone" upper left margin.

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