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Louise Nevelson
Maquette for Dawn Tree1976-1978

Not on view
Abstract welded metal sculpture with matte black finish, composed of cylinders, flat slabs, and curved strips rising from a square platform
Constructed metal sculpture with matte black finish, assembled from flat planes, curved sheets, cylinders, and vertical rods rising from a rectangular base; geometric and curvilinear forms interlock at varying heights against a gray gradient background.
Painted steel abstract sculpture with two vertical groupings of flat, curved, and cylindrical forms mounted on a rectangular base, finished in matte black.
Artist or Maker
Louise Nevelson
Title
Maquette for Dawn Tree
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1976-1978
Medium
Welded steel
Dimensions
31 x 23 x 27 in. (78.74 x 58.42 x 68.58 cm)
Credit Line
Partial, fractional and promised gift of Janice and Henri Lazarof
Accession Number
M.2005.70.93
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Provenance
[The Pace Gallery, New York]; [Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, sold 1983 to]; Janice and Henri Lazarof, Los Angeles, partial, fractional and promised gift 2005 to; LACMA.
Selected Bibliography
  • Barron, Stephanie. Envisioning Modernism: The Janice and Henri Lazarof Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2012.