Abstract dark stone blocks stacked to suggest a stylized human figure on a black pedestal.

Sculpture

Moving-Static-Moving Figure

c. 1945

Medium
Painted terra-cotta and steel
Dimensions
Overall (variable): 27 1/8 × 11 1/2 × 3 in. (68.9 × 29.2 × 7.6 cm) Overall (with base): 29 × 13 × 9 1/2 in. (73.7 × 33 × 24.1 cm)
Accession number
69.159.12a-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 (variable): 27 1/8 × 11 1/2 × 3 in. (68.9 × 29.2 × 7.6 cm) Overall (with base): 29 × 13 × 9 1/2 in. (73.7 × 33 × 24.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist 69.159.12a-b. ©Estate of Louise Nevelson/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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