Louise Nevelson (1899-1988)
Louise Nevelson (1899-1988)

Ancient Secrets III

Details
Louise Nevelson (1899-1988)
Ancient Secrets III
painted wood
33 ½ x 26 7/8 x 5 in. (85.1 x 68.3 x 12.7 cm.)
Executed in 1966-1967.
Provenance
The Hirschland Collection, Little Neck, New York
Pace Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1969
Exhibited
Kassel, Galerie an der Schonen Aussicht, 4. Documenta, June-October 1968.

Lot Essay

‘The nature of creation is that you have to go inside and dig out. The very nature of creation is not a performing glory on the outside, it's a painful, difficult search within’
(L. Nevelson, quoted in B.K. Rapaport, The Sculpture of Louise Nevelson: Constructing a Legend, exh. cat., The Jewish Museum, New York, 2007, p. 36).

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