Louise Nevelson papers

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Louise Nevelson papers

circa 1903-2019

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw99c8dde75-538a-43a6-a68e-fa1db8e7d535

The papers of Louise Nevelson measure 30.5 linear feet and 40.5 MB and date from circa 1903 to 2019. The collection documents aspects of the life and work of the sculptor, focusing especially on her later career. Papers include correspondence, personal business records, writings, scrapbooks, early art work, photographs, interviews, awards and honorary degrees, books, and an extensive amount of printed material.

30.5 linear feet; 40.5 MB

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SNAC Resource ID: 6630646

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Gilbert, Lynn

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69w0n64 (person)

Sculptor; New York, N.Y. Born in Kiev, Russia. Died in 1988. From the description of [Louise Nevelson] [graphic]. 1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220246037 ...

Nevelson, Louise, 1899-1988

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tb18w2 (person)

Sculptor; New York, N.Y.; d. 1988. From the description of A Conversation with Louise Nevelson, 1980 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123419967 Sculptor; interviewee d.1988. From the description of Reminiscences of Louise Nevelson : oral history, 1977. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419737 Sculptor (New York, N.Y.) Died in 1988. From the description of Louise Nevelson interviews, 1964 Ju...

Nevelson, Louise

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6623bz6 (person)

Louise Nevelson was born in 1899 in Kiev, Russia. Her parents, Isaac and Minna Berliawsky, and their children emigrated to America in 1905 and settled in Rockland, Maine, where the young Louise grew up as a bit of an outsider in local society. She decided upon a career in art at an early age and took some drawing classes in high school, before graduating in 1918. Two years later, she married Charles Nevelson, a wealthy businessman, and moved to New York. She proceeded to study paint...