The Ancient Garden, 1953/1955

Not on View

Medium

etching with engraving, aquatint, and softground in black on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 37.5 x 45.4 cm (14 3/4 x 17 7/8 in.)

sheet: 43.2 x 58.4 cm (17 x 23 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Collectors Committee

Catalogue Raisonné

Baro 1974, no. 18

Accession Number

1996.117.2

Artists / Makers

Louise Nevelson (artist) American, born Russia (now Ukraine), 1899 - 1988

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Inscription

lower center in graphite: The Ancient Garden; lower right in graphite: Louise Nevelson; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: E125D/6; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 70050LN / 388

Marks and Labels

stamped lower right verso in blue ink: The Estate of Louise Nevelson

Provenance

the artist, New York; Estate of Louise Nevelson, New York, 1988; (G. W. Einstein Company, New York); acquired 1996 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Einstein, G. W., Mr.

Bibliography

1974: Baro, Gene. Nevelson: The Prints. New York: Pace Editions, 1974, no. 18.