Object number2022.25
Magnificent Jungle Cats
Date1953-1955
Artist
Louise Nevelson
(American b. Ukraine, 1899 - 1988)
CultureAmerican
MediumEtching on paper
EditionEdition 10 of 20
DimensionsImage: 11 3/4 x 13 7/8 in. (29.8 x 35.2 cm)
Sheet: 22 1/8 x 29 13/16 in. (56.2 x 75.7 cm)
Matted: 24 x 32 in. (61 x 81.3 cm)
Sheet: 22 1/8 x 29 13/16 in. (56.2 x 75.7 cm)
Matted: 24 x 32 in. (61 x 81.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Robert Dance
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto, signed lower right margin in pencil: Louise Nevelson
InscribedOn recto, by artist, lower left margin in pencil: 10/20 "Magnificent Jungle Cats"
MarkingsOn recto, blindstamped ES, lower right margin corner; watermarked BFK, lower left margin corner
DescriptionOn a background of soft, tonal transitions and harsh linear scratches and shapes lay gestural, abstracted feline figures.
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