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Description
Sculptor Louise Nevelson stood by her work, "Moonscape II," at Westbrook College in Portland on November 17, 1981. She was in Portland to accept the college's Deborah Morton award. The wood sculpture, painted black, was donated to the college by John and Nancy Payson of Hobe, Florida.
Nevelson (1899-1988), a native of Russia, moved with her family to Rockland in about 1904.
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About This Item
- Title: Louise Nevelson, Portland, 1981
- Creator: UPI
- Creation Date: 1981-11-17
- Subject Date: 1981-11-17
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 20 cm x 25 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1880, Box 5/5
- Collection: United Press International collection
- Object Type: Image
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- Deborah Morton Award
- Moonstruck II (Sculpture)--Photographs
- Nevelson, Louise, 1899-1988--Photographs
- Sculptors--United States
- Sculptures--Maine--Portland
- Westbrook College (Westbrook, Me.)
- Women sculptors--United States
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