Untitled (Standing Female Nude)

Louise Nevelson

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Object Label

This spare graphite drawing of a female nude torn from a spiral notebook is one of hundreds that Louise Nevelson created—almost compulsively—between 1929 and 1934, early in her artistic career, when she was experimenting with different media. Incorporating large areas of blank paper, her reductive and distorted treatment of human anatomy emphasizes the two-dimensionality of the picture plane. This flattening effect is counterbalanced, however, by the dynamism of her jagged line and the figure’s monumentality.

Caption

Louise Nevelson American, born Ukraine, 1899–1988. Untitled (Standing Female Nude), ca. 1932–1934. Graphite on medium, white, smooth, wove paper, sheet: 16 15/16 x 13 7/8 in. (43 x 35.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Samuel Goldberg in memory of his parents, Sophie and Jacob Goldberg, and his brother, Hyman Goldberg, 78.277.4. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 78.277.4_IMLS_PS3.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Untitled (Standing Female Nude)

Date

ca. 1932–1934

Medium

Graphite on medium, white, smooth, wove paper

Classification

Drawing

Dimensions

sheet: 16 15/16 x 13 7/8 in. (43 x 35.2 cm)

Signatures

Signed in graphite, lower center: "Nevelson"

Inscriptions

On verso, inscribed in graphite: "S.S. Goldberg / 521 5th Ave / N.Y.C. / $25"

Credit Line

Gift of Samuel Goldberg in memory of his parents, Sophie and Jacob Goldberg, and his brother, Hyman Goldberg

Accession Number

78.277.4

Rights

© artist or artist's estate

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