Contemporary Art Online | New York
Contemporary Art Online | New York
Property from the Estate of Patrick McCarthy
Lot Closed
October 2, 04:12 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
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Property from the Estate of Patrick McCarthy
LOUISE NEVELSON
1899 - 1988
NIGHT ZAG IV
painted wood and formica
31⅛ by 38¾ by 6¼ in. (79 by 98.5 by 16 cm.)
Executed in 1973.
The Collection of Elena Segal
Makler Gallery, Philadelphia
Private Collection, Philadelphia
Christie's, New York, 21 November 1996, Lot 106
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
“I go to the sculpture, and my eye tells me what is right for me. When I compose, I don’t have anything but the material, myself, and an assistant...Sometimes it’s the material that takes over; sometimes it’s me that takes over. I permit them to play, like a seesaw. I use action and counteraction, like in music, all the time. Action and counteraction. It was always a relationship—my speaking to the wood and the wood speaking back to me.”
- Louise Nevelson