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LOUISE NEVELSON (1899-1988)

Rain Garden Spikes

Price realised USD 475,000
Estimate
USD 200,000 – USD 300,000
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LOUISE NEVELSON (1899-1988)

Rain Garden Spikes

Price realised USD 475,000
Price realised USD 475,000
Details
LOUISE NEVELSON (1899-1988)
Rain Garden Spikes
wood painted black, in three parts
75 x 80 x 12 in. (190.5 x 203.2 x 30.5 cm.)
Executed in 1977.
Provenance
The Pace Gallery, New York
Private collection, Croton-on-Hudson, 1979
Pace Gallery, New York, 2004
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2007
Literature
Nevelson: Recent Wood Sculpture, exh. cat., New York, Pace Gallery, 1977, p. 11 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Seattle, Linda Farris Gallery, Louise Nevelson, June-August 1978.

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Lot Essay

When I fell in love with black, it contained all color. It wasn't a negation of color. It was an acceptance. Because black encompasses all colors. Black is the most aristocratic color of all. ... You can be quiet and it contains the whole thing.
—Louise Nevelson

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