The Magic Garden

1953-1955

Louise Nevelson

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

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored etching with engraving, aquatint, and softground on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Collectors Committee

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.5 x 22.5 cm (5 11/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 22.5 x 29.3 cm (8 7/8 x 11 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1990.91.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Baro 1974, no. 12

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Susan Lewis Kay Fine Art, New York); acquired 1990 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2016

  • Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Gallery in Prague, Prague 1; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2016 - 2017, no. 117.

Bibliography

1974

  • Baro, Gene. Nevelson: The Prints. New York: Pace Editions, 1974, no. 12.

2016

  • Weyl, Christina. "Innovative Etchings: Louise Nevelson at Atelier 17" in American Women Artists, 1935-1970: Gender, Culture, and Politics, Helen Langa and Paula Wisotszki, eds. Surrey, England: Ashgate Publishing, 2016, p. 137.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Artist Proof; lower center in graphite: "The Magic Garden"; lower right in graphite: Louise Nevelson; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: E 102 6/1

Wikidata ID

Q74885467

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