Night Presence IV (1972) by Louise Nevelson. Photograph by Albert Mozell, courtesy of The Pace Gallery, April 24, 1973.
âNew York represents the whole of my conscious life and I thought it fitting that I should give it something of myself.â - Louise NevelsonÂ
Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) was a pioneer in contemporary sculpture, a key figure in the feminist art movement, and a leading public artist. Louise Nevelsonâs work Night Presence IV (1972), was recently conserved and rededicated and is currently located at East 92nd Street and Park Avenue in Manhattan.
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