Atmosphere and Environment VIII

About the Artwork

Title Atmosphere and Environment VIII

Artwork Date between 1967 and 1968

Artist Louise Nevelson

Life Dates 1899 - 1988

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. American

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Medium Black enamel on aluminum

Dimensions Overall: 180 inches (4 m 57.2 cm)

Classification Sculpture

Department Contemporary Art after 1950

Credit Gift of The J. L. Hudson Company and The Dayton-Hudson Foundation

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 81.916

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