Bowdoin College Museum of Art

Preview image of work. paint on wood, Untitled 28674

2015.29

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Artist

Louise Nevelson (Kiev, Russia, 1899 - 1988)

Title

Untitled

Creation Date

1958

Century

20th century

Dimensions

30 1/2 x 18 x 4 in. (77.47 x 45.72 x 10.16 cm)

Classification

Sculpture

Medium and Support

paint on wood

Credit Line

Gift of Hilton and Esta Kramer

Copyright

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Accession Number

2015.29

“I don’t make sculpture,” Louise Nevelson insisted, “and it isn’t black and it isn’t wood or anything, because I wanted something else. I wanted an essence.” Nevelson found her voice as an artist after she discovered that black was not the negation of color, but “total color. It means totality. It means: contains all . . . You can be quiet and it contains the whole thing.” Louise Nevelson emigrated as a young girl with her family from Kiev and grew up in Rockland, Maine, before making her mark in New York.