Night Wall I

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Night Wall I
Courtyard sculpture, Harvard Law School.jpg
The sculpture in 2008
Night Wall I
Artist Louise Nevelson
Year1972 (1972)
MediumSteel sculpture
Location Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Coordinates 42°22′42″N71°07′04″W / 42.37842°N 71.11778°W / 42.37842; -71.11778

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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References

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