Abstract dark stone sculpture of two stacked forms with a small horizontal block balanced on top.

Sculpture

Moving-Static-Moving Figure

c. 1945

Medium
Painted terra-cotta, brass tubing and steel tubing
Dimensions
Overall (variable): 19 1/2 × 15 3/8 × 4 in., 26.3lb. (49.5 × 39.1 × 10.2 cm, 11.9kg) Overall (with base): 20 5/8 × 17 3/8 × 7 1/2 in., 26.3lb. (52.4 × 44.1 × 19.1 cm, 11.9kg)
Accession number
69.159.6a-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, brass tubing and steel tubing, overall (variable): 19 1/2 × 15 3/8 × 4 in., 26.3lb. (49.5 × 39.1 × 10.2 cm, 11.9kg) Overall (with base): 20 5/8 × 17 3/8 × 7 1/2 in., 26.3lb. (52.4 × 44.1 × 19.1 cm, 11.9kg). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist 69.159.6a-b. ©Estate of Louise Nevelson/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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