Lot 63
Lot 63
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LOUISE NEVELSON (1899-1988)

Black Sun

Price Realised USD 50,400
Estimate
USD 25,000 - USD 35,000
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LOUISE NEVELSON (1899-1988)

Black Sun

Price Realised USD 50,400
Price Realised USD 50,400
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LOUISE NEVELSON (1899-1988)
Black Sun
incised with the artist's signature and date 'NEVELSON 1959' (on the reverse)
wood construction, painted black
24 x 30 x 1112 in. (61 x 76.2 x 29.2 cm.)
Executed in 1959.
Provenance
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York
Mr. and Mrs. H. Gates Lloyd, Haverford, Pennsylvania
Their sale; Sotheby's, New York, 5 May 1994, lot 96
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
D. Ashton, "Louise Nevelson," Cimaise, Paris, April-June 1960, p. 32 (illustrated).
K. Sawyer, J. Arp and G. Mathieu, Nevelson, New York, 1961, n.p., pl. XIII (illustrated).
R. Bongartz, "'I Don't Want to Waste Time,' Says Louise Nevelson at 70," The New York Times, January 24 1971, n.p. (illustrated).
A. Glimcher, Louise Nevelson, New York, 1972, p. 97 (illustrated).
G. Celant, Louise Nevelson, Milan, 1973, pp. 30 and 41, no. 7 (illustrated).
L. Wilson, Louise Nevelson: Iconography and Sources, New York and London, 1981, pp. 213 and 274-275, no. 54 (illustrated).
B. Rapaport, ed., The Sculpture of Louise Nevelson: Constructing a Legend, New Haven and New York, 2007, p. 179 (illustrated).
S. Reece-Hughes. ed., The World Outside: Louise Nevelson at Midcentury, New Haven and London, 2023, p. 110 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Martha Jackson Gallery, Sky Columns' Presence 1958-59, October-November 1959.
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