A leading American sculptor of the twentieth century, Louise Nevelson was born in Kiev and immigrated to the United States as a child. Known especially for her sculptures of assembled wood and found objects, she also produced large-scale works late in her career, including a number of public commissions such as Louise Nevelson Plaza, an environment of seven sculptures in Lower Manhattan (1977). Nevelson drew inspiration from a broad array of artistic movements and styles, including cubism, surrealism, African art, Native American art, abstract expressionism, minimalism, action painting, and color-field painting. She was the subject of more than 135 solo exhibitions.
Like many of Nevelson’s best-known works, End of Day XXXV is made of wood painted a matte black, a color she characterized as “visually weightless.” Many of her sculptures were built from found…
Title page of the second edition of a six-language (Hebrew-Aramaic, Persian, Russian, Spanish, Arabic, Turkish) dictionary published in Jerusalem in 1908.
This series by Helmar Lerski pictured Jewish soldiers fighting with the British Army during World War II—all in all, about a hundred men and women. All the portraits are in Lerski’s distinctive…