The Magic Garden

1953/1955

Louise Nevelson

Associated Names
Louise Nevelson

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

The image displays an array of abstract shapes and lines in black and white, forming a textured and intricate composition. Among these forms, one can see outlines that suggest familiar objects: a shape resembling a smokestack or tall plant on the left, central rounded figures with crosshatched lines resembling stones or an abstract face, and a circular form in the upper right with rudimentary facial features resembling the moon or a mask. The composition plays with light and dark areas, prompting viewers to ponder the relationships between the abstract shapes and recognizable forms.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Collectors Committee

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.6 x 22.5 cm (5 3/4 x 8 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 22.7 x 28.9 cm (8 15/16 x 11 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.117.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Baro 1974, no. 12

Artwork history & notes

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

Bibliography

1974

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

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 1/20; lower center in graphite: "The Magic Garden"; lower right in graphite: Louise Nevelson; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: E102 D/4; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 70045.1LN

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q75398178

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