Self Portrait
Artist
Louise Nevelson
American, 1899 - 1988
Dateca. 1940
Mediumbronze unique cast, artist carved wood base
DimensionsOverall: 12 × 13 1/4 × 4 in. (30.5 × 33.7 × 10.2 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineFeibes & Schmitt Collection
Object number2021.5.58
On View
Not on viewCollections
- Sculpture
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- American Paintings & Sculpture
SignedCarved into the top of the wooden base on the viewer's left: NEVELSON
Base of the figure on the viewer's left: NEVELSON
MarkingsLabel on the bottom of the wooden base
DescriptionBronze human figure on a wooden base. The figure's proper left arm reaches upward and the other arm out to he side. The figure is looking towards its raised arm. The base is dark brown wood and is cylindrical.Exhibition HistoryLouise Nevelson, Whitney Museum of Art/Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, March 8-April 30 1967Democratic Vistas: 150 years of American art from regional collections, University Art Gallery, University at Albany, September 24-November 13, 1994
"To Distribute and Multiply: The Feibes & Schmitt Gift", The Hyde Collection, Feibes & Schmitt Gallery, June 10 – December 11, 2017ProvenanceAcquired from the Artist by Dr. Eugene Morrell, New York City. Tirca Karlis Gallery, New York City; purchased by Werner Feibes [1929-2021] and James Schmitt [1925-2013], Schenectady, New York, February 14, 1966; by bequest to The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York, 2021.
