id:			147980
accession number:	1974.76
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1974.76
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:36.680000

Sky Cathedral-Moon Garden Wall, 1956–1960. Louise Nevelson (American, 1900–1988). Painted wood; overall: 217.5 x 191.1 x 31.8 cm (85 5/8 x 75 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Mildred Andrews Fund 1974.76 © Estate of Louise Nevelson / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

title:				Sky Cathedral-Moon Garden Wall
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creation date:			1956–1960
creation date earliest:		1956
creation date latest:		1960
current location:		227 Abstract Expressionism
creditline:			Gift of the Mildred Andrews Fund
copyright:			© Estate of Louise Nevelson / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	painted wood
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Louise Nevelson (American, 1900–1988)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 217.5 x 191.1 x 31.8 cm (85 5/8 x 75 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.)
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	inscription:	Each of the sculpture's individual components are signed and dated on the back, and the dates range from 1956 to 1960.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1974
	opening date:   1975-03-11T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1974</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 11-April 6, 1975).

	title:		Louise Nevelson: Atmospheres and Environments
	opening date:   1980-05-28T04:00:00
	<i>Louise Nevelson: Atmospheres and Environments</i>. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (organizer) (May 28-September 14, 1980).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA 1975:  "Year in Review 1974," Bulletin LXII (March 1975), p. 102, no. 137, repr. p. 84', 'opening_date': '1975-03-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisition Press Release,” August 28, 1974, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr2173

	Henning, Edward B. "Sky Cathedral-Moon Garden Wall by Louise Nevelson." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, 64, no. 7 (September 1977) 242-251.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 242
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159539

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 254
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n274

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