Ancient Secrets, 1964

Not on View

painted wood

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.)

2015.19.3804

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

(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.

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Pace Gallery

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.

1975: 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.