Abstract dark sculpture of stacked geometric blocks suggesting a standing figure on a white pedestal.

Sculpture

Moving-Static-Moving Figure

c. 1945

Medium
Painted terra-cotta and steel
Dimensions
Overall: 27 5/8 × 15 × 14 1/2 in. (70.2 × 38.1 × 36.8 cm) Overall (with base): 30 × 15 × 16 1/2 in. (76.2 × 38.1 × 41.9 cm)
Accession number
69.159.1a-b
Acquired
1969
Credit line
Gift of the artist
Reproduction credit
©Estate of Louise Nevelson/Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York
Department
collection

About this work

Louise Nevelson, Moving-Static-Moving Figure, c. 1945. Painted terra-cotta and steel, overall: 27 5/8 × 15 × 14 1/2 in. (70.2 × 38.1 × 36.8 cm) Overall (with base): 30 × 15 × 16 1/2 in. (76.2 × 38.1 × 41.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist 69.159.1a-b. ©Estate of Louise Nevelson/Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York

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