Louise Nevelson: Works in Wood

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A sculptural wall of wood pieces painted black rests against a wall. A white wood sculpture hangs on the opposite wall. 

Installation view, Louise Nevelson: Works in Wood, MIT List Visual Arts Center, 1986.

Location
Bakalar Gallery
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Louise Nevelson
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The fourth in an ongoing series of exhibitions investigating currents in the development of 20th century sculpture.

Works on view exemplify Nevelson’s alert and imaginative scavenging through which she assembles various found fragments of wood into austere boxes, reliefs, columns, and walls. Publication with essay by guest curator Ceil Friedman. 

Sponsors

This project has been supported in part by the Museum Program of the National Endowment for the Arts. 

Images

Sculptural towers made from wood painted black sit on a pedestal. A small black wood sculpture hangs on the opposite wall. 
A sculptural wall of wood pieces painted black rests against a wall. A white wood sculpture hangs on the opposite wall. 

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Louise Nevelson: Works in Wood

1986, MIT List Visual Arts Center

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Book cover for Louise Nevelson: Works in Wood features an image of Nevelson's painted wood sculpture.

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