Moeller Fine Art, in the
modern section, has several good, small Louise Nevelson works, identifiable by their pieced - together
wooden construction, painted monochrome black or white.
Inscribed «GABO» on
wooden backing Plastic, metals and cork set into
wooden box, 24 x 11 x 23 (61 x 28 x 58.5) Presented by the artist 1977 Exh: Gabo: konstruktive Plastik, Kestner - Gesellschaft, Hanover, November 1930 (20) as «Konstruktive Raumgestaltung für eine Wandnische» 1930; Constructions by N. Gabo, London Gallery, London, January 1938 (5) as «Constructive Treatment for an Interior Niche» 1930; Gabo: Constructions in Space, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, March 1938 (5) as «Constructive Treatment for an Interior Niche» 1930; Gabo - Pevsner, Museum of
Modern Art, New York, February - April 1948 (works not numbered) as «
Construction in a Niche» 1930; Naum Gabo: The Constructive Process, Tate Gallery, November 1976 - January 1977 (27) as «In a Niche» 1928 - 9 Repr: Herbert Read and Leslie Martin, Gabo: Constructions, Sculpture, Paintings, Drawings, Engravings (London 1957), p. 42 as «
Construction in a Niche» 1930