Tall abstract dark sculpture of stacked geometric shapes resembling a simplified human figure on a pedestal.

Sculpture

Moving-Static-Moving Figure

c. 1945

Medium
Painted terra-cotta, brass, and steel
Dimensions
Overall: 29 1/8 × 11 1/4 × 10 in. (74 × 28.6 × 25.4 cm) Overall (with base): 33 × 11 5/8 × 11 15/16 in. (83.8 × 29.5 × 30.3 cm)
Accession number
69.159.5a-c
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, brass, and steel, overall: 29 1/8 × 11 1/4 × 10 in. (74 × 28.6 × 25.4 cm) Overall (with base): 33 × 11 5/8 × 11 15/16 in. (83.8 × 29.5 × 30.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist 69.159.5a-c. ©Estate of Louise Nevelson/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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