Dawn's Wedding Chest

unknown date, acquired by Martha Jackson (New York, NY) from the artist; 15 November 1969, sold by Martha Jackson Gallery (New York, NY) to Terese and Alvin S. Lane; 2008, deposited on long-term loan to the Chazen Museum of Art; 2012, bequeathed to the Chazen Museum of Art

• Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Terese and Alvin S. Lane Collection: Twentieth-Century Sculpture and Sculptors' Works on Paper." Madison, WI: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1995. pp. 50, 131, cat. no. 41.2; pl. 14
• Chazen Museum of Art. "Modernist Sculpture: The Terese & Alvin S. Lane Collection." Madison: Chazen Museum of Art, 2008. no. 3
• Lipman, Jean. "Nevelson's World." New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1983. p. 123
• Diamonstein, Barbaralee. "Artistul plastic la lucru in America." Romania, 1979. p. 15
• Andersen, Wayne. "American Sculpture in Process: 1930-1970." Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1975.
• Andrews, Oliver. "Living Materials: A Sculptor's Handbook." New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974.
• Glimcher, Arnold. "Louise Nevelson." New York: Praeger, 1972. p. 34 (printed upside down)
• Gordon, John. "Louise Nevelson." New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1967. p. 58, cat. no.46 (not illus.)
• Miller, Dorthy C., ed. "Sixteen Americans". New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1959. pp. 52-57 (not illus.)
• Julia Bryan-Wilson, "Louise Nevelson's Sculpture: Drag, Color, Join, Face." New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2023. Vol. "Color," pp.62-65

• Modernist Sculpture: The Terese & Alvin S. Lane Collection: Chazen Museum of Art, 7/19/2008–9/28/2008
• Lane Collection, The: Twentieth-Century Sculpture and Sculptors' Works on Paper: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 9/30/1995–12/3/1995
• Louise Nevelson: Atmospheres and Environments: Whitney Museum of American Art, 5/29/1980–9/7/1980
• Louise Nevelson: Whitney Museum of American Art, 3/8/1967–4/30/1967
• International 4: Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, 4/6/1965–5/1/1965
• XXXI Biennale Internazionale d'Arte, Venice: 2 Pittori, 2 Scultori, Stati Uniti d’America: Venice Biennale, 6/16/1962–10/7/1962
• Sixteen Americans: Museum of Modern Art, The, 12/16/1959–2/14/1960

• North America
• Sculpture
• Terese and Alvin S. Lane Collection

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