Night Wall I Explained

Night Wall I
Artist:Louise Nevelson
Medium:Steel sculpture
Metric Unit:cm
Imperial Unit:in
City:Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
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Night Wall I is a sculpture by Louise Nevelson, installed outside Hauser Hall at Harvard Law School,[1] on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The 1972 painted steel sculpture was donated to Harvard University Art Museums by Mildred and Arnold Glimcher in 1985.[2]

The artwork was surveyed by the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in 1995.[3] It was restored and reinstalled in 2013; funding for the restoration was provided by the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Harvard Law School.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Across Harvard, art you can touch. September 30, 2016.
  2. Web site: From the Harvard Art Museums' collections Night Wall I. www.harvardartmuseums.org.
  3. Web site: Night Wall I, (sculpture). . . December 29, 2019.
  4. Web site: Nevelson's Night Wall I Returns | Index Magazine | Harvard Art Museums. www.harvardartmuseums.org.