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Night Wall I, (sculpture). Artist:  Nevelson, Louise, 1899-1988, sculptor. Lippincott, Inc., fabricator. Title:  Night Wall I, (sculpture). Dates:  Cast 1972. Dedicated June 6, 1985. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Steel, painted. Dimensions:  Approx. 147 x 137 x 84 in. Inscription:  (Base, plaque on front:) LOUISE NEVELSON/NIGHT WALL I, 1972/IN MEMORY OF SUMNER Z. COOPER, CLASS OF 1932/GIFT OF MILDRED AND ARNOLD GILMCHER/JUNE 1985 Subject:  Abstract Architecture -- Detail -- Wall Allegory -- Time -- Night Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Harvard University, Harvard Art Museum, Fogg Museum, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 Accession Number: 1985.24 Located Harvard University, Law School Quadrangle, between Langdell Hall & Harknes Commons, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 Provenance:  Gift of Glimcher, Arnold & Mildred, Remarks:  The sculpture was a gift from Mildred and Arnold Glimcher in memory of Sumner Z. Cooper, Mildred Gilmcher's father, and in honor of the graduation of their son Marc, Class of 1985. Arnold Glimcher, owner of the Pace Gallery in New York, was the artist's dealer. IAS files contain a press release dated May 15, 1985, announcing the dedication of the sculpture; an article from the Harvard Gazette, June 6, 1985; and an article from Harvard University's publication, Arts Spectrum, April 1991. References:  Harvard University Art Museums, unpublished checklist, Nov. 1996. Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988. Harvard University Art Museums, 1991. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 87740149   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 87740149 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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