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Louise Nevelson
Graphic Presence, 1975 Etching and aquatint on copper plate Signed, by artist
1973

Name: Graphic Presence, 1975 Etching and aquatint on copper plate Signed, by artist
Brand: Louise Nevelson
Price: 4600 USD
Availability: InStock

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Caviar20 is excited to be offering this evocative print by the inimitable Louise Nevelson - one of the most revered and unique sculptors of the 20th century. Nevelson is renowned for her mysterious and complex sculptures. She was also an active printmaker, experimenting with different techniques and approaches, and working with some of the best printmaking studios across the United States. Over the last few years, there has been tremendous momentum in both interest and appreciation of Nevelson's work. In May of 2021, a new auction record of $1.35 million was established for one of Nevelson's signature white construction sculptures. (However, this is still a bargain considering the auction records of her male colleagues such as John Chamberlain, $4.7 million, or Joseph Cornell, $7.7 million). Nevelson, whether working in sculpture or in two dimensions has a strict palette often using exclusively black. While there are works with elements in white, gold, or raw wood, Nevelson almost entirely avoids color. When Nevelson does use color it is used sparingly with maximum effect. “Graphic Presence” is a paradigm of Nevelson’s printmaking from this period, featuring her signature layered approach of neutral, monochromatic, and iridescent hues. While shiny, reflective and textured, this print still manages to make use of Nevelson’s signature color, black, which is accentuated by metallic sheets and newsprint clips. This is a fantastic work for a young collector, or to complement an existing sculpture in your collection. More and more public collections are reinstalling Nevelson’s work in displays from their permanent collections, including the Whitney in New York City and the Pérez Art Museum in Miami. “Graphic Presence" 1973 Etching and aquatint on copper plate Signed, dated, and numbered by artist From an edition of 90 37.5"H 37"W (work) 39.75"H 39.5"W (framed) Very good condition.

Creator:

Louise Nevelson (1899 - 1988, American)

Creation Year:

1973

Dimensions:

Height: 39.75 in (100.97 cm)Width: 39.5 in (100.33 cm)

More Editions & Sizes:

Edition of 90Price: $4,600

Medium:

Etching,Aquatint,Copper

Movement & Style:

Abstract Expressionist

Period:

1730-1739

Condition:

Very good condition.

Gallery Location:

Toronto, CA

Reference Number:

Seller: 12-221stDibs: LU215211387832

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Louise Nevelson

Louise Nevelson was one of the leading American female sculptors of the 20th century, and she did it on her own terms. She was a pioneer of installation art and created large-scale monochromatic sculptures that are today known for their provocative, compartmentalized forms. While her assemblages involved a range of materials, she is best known for her wooden sculptures. Working in a single color was her signature, and all-encompassing color demanded an all-encompassing focus for this artist — she even kept separate studios for work in black, white and gold.

Nevelson was born in what is now Ukraine in 1899 and emigrated to the United States with her family in 1905. She moved to New York City as a young woman in 1920 to study at the Art Students League. In the 1930s, Nevelson traveled around Europe, came into contact with the works of Picasso, studied with Hans Hofmann and assisted Diego Rivera in New York City.

Nevelson had her first solo show in 1941 at the Nierendorf Gallery in New York. In the late 1940s, she studied with Stanley William Hayter and worked as a ceramicist in the workshop of revered furniture designer Vladimir Kagan, who let her take scraps from the factory to use in her sculptures. (As a child, Nevelson had also worked with discarded wood from her father's lumber yard.)

By the early 1950s, Nevelson had traveled to Guatemala and Mexico. She was inspired by pre-Columbian art and the totemic works of ancient cultures. Nevelson began creating the first of her iconic wood sculptures and later participated in the legendary “Sixteen Americans” exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art. Her work was acquired by prominent institutions in the years that followed.

Nevelson made reliefs in shadow boxes and was for a time affiliated with New York City’s Sidney Janis Gallery as its first female Abstract Expressionist artist (her work was abstract but she also drew on the Cubist and Constructivist movements). In the early 1960s, Nevelson showed her art in Chicago, Manhattan, Paris and West Germany. It was around this time that she exhibited at Pace Gallery in Boston and New York. The gallery represented her for the duration of her career.

Nevelson died in 1988, but her legacy is immense. Her work is held in virtually every major American art museum, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Art. Her permanent large-scale public sculptures are installed all over the country, including in Louise Nevelson Plaza in New York City's Financial District.

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