Live Auction 20093Post-War to Present
LOUISE NEVELSON (1899-1988)
Lot 31

LOUISE NEVELSON (1899-1988)

Rain Garden Spikes

Closed1 October 2021

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USD 475,000

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LOUISE NEVELSON (1899-1988)
Rain Garden Spikes
wood painted black, in three parts
75 x 80 x 12 in. (190.5 x 203.2 x 30.5 cm.)
Executed in 1977.

The Pace Gallery, New York
Private collection, Croton-on-Hudson, 1979
Pace Gallery, New York, 2004
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2007

Specialist note

When I fell in love with black, it contained all color. It wasn't a negation of color. It was an acceptance. Because black encompasses all colors. Black is the most aristocratic color of all. ... You can be quiet and it contains the whole thing.
—Louise Nevelson