LO UISE NEVELSO N (b. Kiev, 1899 – d. New York, 1988)
Select Solo Exhibitions
2012
Louise Nevelson: Sculpture and Collage, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, March 2 –
April 13, 2012
Louise Nevelson, Patty & Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art, Florida, January 14
– May 20, 2012
2011
Louise Nevelson: Collages, Pace Prints, New York, September 15 – October
15, 2011
Louise Nevelson: Selections from the Estate, 1954 – 1978, Timothy Yarger Fine
Art, Beverly Hills, April 9 – June 30, 2011
Louise Nevelson: The Architecture of Shadow, Artiscope, Brussels, January 22 March 19, 2011
2010
Louise Nevelson, Galerie Thomas, Munich, Germany
2009
Louise Nevelson: Dawns and Dusks, Louise Blouin Foundation, London, UK
Louise Nevelson: Collages, Galeria II Ponte, Florence, Italy
2008
Louise Nevelson, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine, March 8, 2008–
February 1, 2009
Nevelson by Night, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, Winter Park,
Florida, January 18–April 6, 2008
2007
The Sculpture of Louise Nevelson, The Jewish Museum, New York : travelled to
de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
2006
Louise Nevelson: Small Works, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Louise Nevelson: The Architecture of Light, Nohra Haime, Gallery, New York,
NY
2005
Louise Nevelson: Ceramics and Sculpture, Greenfield Sacks Gallery, Santa
Monica, CA
2004
Louise Nevelson, Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003
Louise Nevelson, Galerie Jean Gabriel Mitterand, Paris, September 20 –
November 15, 2003
Louise Nevelson: Selections from the Farnsworth Art Museum, Heckscher
Museum of Art, Huntington, Long Island, New York, February 1–April 13, 2003
Traveled to: Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, May 4–June 29,
2003; Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, Connecticut, October 19–December
14, 2003; Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences, Evansville, Indiana, January
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14–March 7, 2004; Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida, April 4–May 30,
2004; Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, Virginia, June 27–August 22,
2004; Mitchell Gallery, St. John’s College, Annapolis, Maryland, September 19–
November 14, 2004; Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, December
12, 2004–February 6, 2005
2002
Louise Nevelson: Sculpture of the ‘50s and ‘60s, PaceWildenstein, New York,
March 18–April 27, 2002
2000
Louise Nevelson: Wood and Paper Collage, Bobby Greenfield Gallery, Santa
Monica, May 20–July 8, 2000
Louise Nevelson, Fundação Arpad Szenes-Vieira da Silva, Lisbon, April 30–June
25, 2000
1999
Louise Nevelson: Sculpture and Collages, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia,
October 1–30, 1999
Louise Nevelson, Prints: A Centennial Celebration, Ernest Rubenstein Gallery at
Educational Alliance, New York, September 21–November 4, 1999
Louise Nevelson: Drawings and Sculpture, News Art Centre Sculpture Park and
Gallery, Roche Court, East Winterslow, Salisbury, England, September 11–
November 6, 1999
1998
Louise Nevelson: Sculpture and Drawings from the 1940s, Washburn
Gallery, New York, NY
1997
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, IL
1994
Louise Nevelson, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy
1993
Louise Nevelson: Large Outdoor Metal Sculptures, The Pace Gallery, 142
Greene Street, New York, September 18–October 16, 1993
1992
Louise Nevelson: Black, White and Gold, The Pace Gallery, New York,
October 23–November 28, 1992
Louise Nevelson, Wildenstein Tokyo, Japan, October 19–November 20, 1992
1991
A Friend Remembers Louise Nevelson: A Concentration of Works from the
Collection of Diana MacKown, The Forum Gallery, Jamestown Community
College, New York, November 9–December 19, 1991
1989
Louise Nevelson: In Retrospect, Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, September 23–
December 1989
Louise Nevelson: Selected Works, The Pace Gallery, New York, March 31–April
29, 1989
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1988
Tribute to Louise Nevelson, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine, April–
May 1988
Louise Nevelson, Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach, February 1–20, 1988
1987
Louise Nevelson: A Concentration of Works from the Permanent Collection of
The Whitney Museum of American Art, Whitney Museum of American Art,
Stamford, Connecticut, January 7–March 11, 1987. Traveled to: Muhlenberg
College Center for the Arts, Allentown, Pennsylvania, opened April 2, 1987
1986
Louise Nevelson, Michel Soskine Inc., New York, NY
1985
Art of Nevelson at Farnsworth, William A. Farnsworth Library and Art
Museum, Rockland, Maine, September 22–November 17, 1985
1984
Louise Nevelson at 85, The Pace Gallery, New York, February 23–March
23, 1985
1983
Louise Nevelson: Cascades, Perpendiculars, Silence, Music, The Pace
Gallery, New York, January 14–February 19, 1983
1982
Louise Nevelson, Wildenstein & Co., Tokyo, October 29–December 24, 1982.
Louise Nevelson: New Sculpture and Reliefs, Richard Gray Gallery,
Chicago, April 17–May 1982
1981
Louise Nevelson: Œuvres 1953–1980, Galerie de France, Paris, October 14–
November 21, 1981
1980
Louise Nevelson: Atmospheres and Environments, Whitney Museum of
American Art, New York, May 27–September 14, 1980
1979
Louise Nevelson, Pace Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, October 14–November
30, 1979
1978
Louise Nevelson, Galleria Corsini, Intra, Italy, 1978
Nevelson Tapestries. Woven in the Gobelin Techniques under the
Supervision of Gloria F. Ross, Pace Editions, New York, September 23–
October 21, 1978
1977
Louise Nevelson: Recent Wood Sculpture, The Pace Gallery, New York,
November 26, 1977–January 7, 1978
Nevelson at Purchase: The Metal Sculptures, Neuberger Museum, State
University of New York, Purchase, May 8–September 11, 1977
1976
Louise Nevelson, Galleria Il Tritone, Biella, Italy, 1976
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Louise Nevelson as Printmaker, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell
University, Ithaca, New York, March 3–March 28, 1976
Louise Nevelson: Dawn’s Presence-Two; Moon Garden + Two: 1969–1975, The
Pace Gallery, New York, February 14–March 13, 1976
1975
Nevelson at Pace/Columbus, Ohio, November 9–December 30, 1975
Louise Nevelson, Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay, April 30–May 5, 1975
1976
Louise Nevelson, Galleria Il Tritone, Biella, Italy, 1976
Louise Nevelson, Vandervelde Gallery, Inc., Beverly Hills, October 22–
November 4, 1976
Louise Nevelson: Dawn’s Presence-Two; Moon Garden + Two: 1969–1975, The
Pace Gallery, New York, February 14–March 13, 1976
1975
Louise Nevelson, Galleria d’Arte l’Arcipelago, Turin, 1975
Louise Nevelson, Galleria d'Arte Spagnoli, Florence, February–March 1975
Louise Nevelson: Wood Sculptures, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio,
January 28–March 9, 1975
1974
Louise Nevelson, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 1974
Louise Nevelson, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City,
Missouri, 1974
1973
Nevelson: Wood Sculptures. Traveled to: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis,
November 10–December 30, 1973; San Francisco Museum of Art, January 25
March 10, 1974; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Texas, April 17–May 19, 1974;
High Museum of Arts, Atlanta, July 6–August 18, 1974; William Rockhill Nelson
Gallery of Art, Kansas City, September 21– November 3, 1974; Cleveland
Museum of Art, Ohio, January 28–March 9, 1975
Louise Nevelson: Sculptures and Works on Paper, Fendrick Gallery,
Washington, D.C., October 10–November 3, 1973
Louise Nevelson: Works from 1955–1972, Studio Marconi, Milan, May 3–
June 1973. (Catalogue) Traveled to: Moderna Museet, Stockholm,
September 8–October 14, 1973
1972
Louise Nevelson, The Dunkelman Gallery, Toronto, 1972
Louise Nevelson: Columns, Dream-Houses and Collages, The Pace
Gallery, New York, October 28–November 28, 1972
1971
Louise Nevelson: Seventh Decade Garden, The Pace Gallery, New York,
May 8–June 19, 1971
Louise Nevelson: Sculpture, Graphics and Drawings, Pace/Columbus, Ohio,
March 1971
1970
Louise Nevelson, Galleria Galatea, Turin, Italy, 1970
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Louise Nevelson, Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, 1970
Louise Nevelson: New Acquisitions, Whitney Museum of American Art, New
York, November 10–December 14, 1970
Louise Nevelson, Galleria d'Arte Iolas-Galatea, Rome, April 1970
1969
Louise Nevelson: Sculptures 1959–1969,Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller,
Otterlo, The Netherlands, June 29–September 7, 1969
Nevelson: Recent Wood Sculpture, The Pace Gallery, New York, March 22–
April 22, 1969
Louise Nevelson: Werke von 1959 bis 1961, Bürgermeister-Ludwig-ReichertHaus, Ludwigshafen-am-Rhein, West Germany, February 28–March 23, 1969
1968
Louise Nevelson: New Sculptures, The Dunkelman Gallery, Toronto,
October 19–November 9, 1968
Façade: In Homage to Edith Sitwell, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New
York, January 31–February 23
Louise Nevelson: Transparent Sculptures, The Pace Gallery, New York,
January 13–February 14, 1968
1967
Louise Nevelson, The Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA
1966
Nevelson at Pace: Four Enameled Aluminum Sculptures, The Pace
Gallery, New York, May 7–June 11, 1966
1965
Louise Nevelson: Homage to Six Million, The Jewish Museum, New York, May
7–September 12, 1965
1964
Louise Nevelson: Recent Work, The Pace Gallery, New York, November 17–
December 12, 1964
1963
Louise Nevelson, Hanover Gallery, London, November 6–December 6, 1963
1962
Nevelson: Terra Cottas, 1938–1948, Martha Jackson Gallery, New York,
January 24–February 17, 1962
Louise Nevelson, Daniel Cordier and Rudolph Stadler Gallery, Frankfurt,
January 18–February 28, 1962
1961
Louise Nevelson: Recent Sculpture, The Pace Gallery, Boston, May 29– June
24, 1961
1960
Sculpture by Louise Nevelson, David Herbert Gallery, New York, January
6–February 6, 1960
1959
Sculpture of Louise Nevelson, Devorah Sherman Gallery, Chicago, March
29–April 30, 1959
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1958
Moon Garden + One, Grand Central Moderns Gallery, New York,
January 4–23, 1958
1955
Nevelson: Sculptures, Sculpture-Collages, Etchings, Grand Central
Moderns Gallery, New York, January 8 – 25, 1955
1954
Sculpture by Louise Nevelson, Marcia Clapp Gallery, New York, April 2– 30,
1954
Louise Nevelson: Etchings, Lotte Jacobi Gallery, New York, January 5–23, 1954
1951
Moonscapes, Lotto Jacobi Gallery, New York, 1951
1946
Bronzes by Nevelson, Nierendorf Gallery, New York, April 15–27, 1946
1944
Nevelson: Sculpture Montages, Nierendorf Gallery, New York, October 23–
November 16, 1944
1943
Nevelson: A Sculptor's Portraits in Paint, Nierendorf Gallery, New York,
November 1–20, 1943
Circus; New Animals by Nevelson, Norlyst Gallery, New York, April 14– May 1,
1943
Nevelson: Drawings, Nierendorf Gallery, New York, April 12–30, 1943
1942
Sculptures by Nevelson, Nierendorf Gallery, New York, October 6–25, 1942
1941
Nevelson: Sculptures and Drawings, Nierendorf Gallery, New York,
September 22–October 11, 1941
Louise Nevelson, Nierendorf Gallery, New York, April 1941
Select Group Exhibitions
2008
Jesuvian Process, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY
Doppio Songo Dell' Arte (Art's Double Dream), Indianapolis Museum of
Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN
2007
De-Natured: Works from the Anderson Collection, San Jose Museum of Art,
San Jose, CA
Light Time and Three Dimensions, The Pace Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Collecting for the Cause: Activist Art in the 1960s andf ‘70s, Smart Art
Museum of Art, Chicago, IL
Continuum: 130th Anniversary of the Art Students League of the New York,
ACA Galleries, New York, NY
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2004
Picasso to Pop: A Growing Contemporary Collection, Pheonix Art
Museum, Pheonix, AZ
2003
Going Modern at the Allen: American Painting and Sculpture
1950-1980, The Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH
Imagine - Selections from the permanent collection, Museum of
Contemporary Art - North Miami, Miami, FL
2002
True Grit: Seven Female Visionaries Before Feminism, Boise Art
Museum, Boise, ID
2001
Points of Departure II: Connecting with Contemporary Art, San
Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
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1999
Drawings, Greenfield Sacks Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1997
The 60s in the Seventies, Ubu Gallery, New York, NY
1994
The Box: From Duchamp to Horn, Ubu Gallery, New York, NY
1991
10 Sculptors of the New York School, Manny Silverman Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA
1983
Nuclear Weapons Freeze Benefit Exhibition, Margo Leavin
Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1967
Sculpture: A Generation of Innovation, The Art Institute of
Chicago, Chicago, IL
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Select Public Collections
Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield,CT
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME
Fine Art Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Torino, Torino, Italy
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Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Musée de Peinture et de Sculpture, Grenoble, France
Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Japan
Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, CA
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Tate Gallery, London, U.K
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Select Bibliography
The Sculpture of Louise Nevelson: Constructing a Legend (edited by Brooke Kamin
Rapaport). Yale University Press: New Haven, 2009.
Lisie, Laurie. Louise Nevelson: A Passionate Life. Simon & Schuster/ Summit Books:
New York, 1990.
Wilson, Laurie. Louise Nevelson: Iconography and Sources. New York: Garland, 1981.
Nevelson, Louise. Dawns + Dusks: Louise Nevelson (taped conversations with Diana
MacKown). New York: Scribner, 1976.
Glimcher, Arnold B. Louise Nevelson. New York: Praeger, 1972.
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