Abstract dark sculpture of stacked geometric blocks balanced on a black base atop a white pedestal.

Sculpture

Moving-Static-Moving Figure

c. 1945

Medium
Painted terra-cotta and steel
Dimensions
Overall: 20 7/8 × 11 5/16 × 6 3/4 in. (53 × 28.7 × 17.1 cm) Overall (with base): 22 1/4 × 16 × 9 1/2 in. (56.5 × 40.6 × 24.1 cm)
Accession number
69.159.13a-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 and steel, overall: 20 7/8 × 11 5/16 × 6 3/4 in. (53 × 28.7 × 17.1 cm) Overall (with base): 22 1/4 × 16 × 9 1/2 in. (56.5 × 40.6 × 24.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist 69.159.13a-c. ©Estate of Louise Nevelson/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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