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Sky Cathedral

© Estate of Louise Nevelson / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Louise Nevelson

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

Sky Cathedral, 1958

wood, painted black

sculpture: 102 1/2 x 133 1/2 inches (260.35 x 339.09 cm); overall (with base): 115 x 135 x 20 inches (292.1 x 342.9 x 50.8 cm)

Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York

George B. and Jenny R. Mathews Fund, 1970

1970:1

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Inscriptions

signature, dated / upper left / 86 Nevelson 1958

Provenance

the artist, 1958-1960;
Martha Jackson Gallery, 1960-1970;
sold to Albright-Knox Art Gallery, March 2, 1970

Class

Sculpture

Work Type

Assemblage (sculpture)

Information may change due to ongoing research.Glossary of Terms

Abstract Expressionism