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The Sunken Cathedral

Louise Nevelson

The Sunken Cathedral

1952-1954

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Louise Nevelson

The Sunken Cathedral

1952-1954

Physical Qualities Softground etching and drypoint; printed in black (intaglio), Sheet: 567 x 443 mm. (22 5/16 x 17 7/16 in.) Plate: 524 x 351 mm. (20 5/8 x 13 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Ruth Cole Kainen, Chevy Chase, Maryland
Object Number 2011.285
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 2011; Ruth Cole Kainen, Chevy Chase, MD; Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection, Chevy Chase, MD
Stanley William Hayter and Atelier 17

Three 20th Century Sculptors: Maria Martins, Louise Bourgeois, and Louise Nevelson

Inscribed: across bottom in graphite "1/30 "Sunken Cathedral" Louise Nevelson / E127 A/2"

Markings: CM: RCK (Ruth Cole Kainen); WM: JAPAN

Artist

Louise Nevelson

1898–1987

born Pereiaslav, Ukraine 1899; died New York, NY 1988
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