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Painting by Louise Nevelson: The woman who sank a thousand ships, Helen of Troy, available at Childs Gallery, Boston

Louise Nevelson

American (Russian born, 1899-1988)
The woman who sank a thousand ships, Helen of Troy, 1928
Oil on canvas
24×19‐3⁄8IN.CM

Signed and dated upper left: “Louise Nevelson 28”. Signed and dated verso: “Louise Nevelson 28”. 

This is Nevelson’s wedding (self portrait). Her husband owned a fleet of ships and upon their divorce she moved to Europe to concentrate on her artistic career. Nevelson is a feminist icon and arguably the Grandmother of American sculpture. 

In Exhibitions:
The Moon Visits
In Categories:
Painting20th CenturyWomen Artists