Standing Female Nude, pen and ink on tan wove paper, circa 1930. 430x125 mm; 17x5 inches. Signed in ink, lower left recto * Standing Male Nude. 430x135 mm; 17x5 3/8 inches. Signed in ink, lower left recto.
Ex-collection Albert Argentieri, New Jersey, friend of the artist; thence by descent, private collection, New Jersey.
During the 1950s and 1960s, Argentieri, a photographer and artist, lived near Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) and her assistant, Ted Haseltine, his dear friend. Albert photographed Louise, her artworks and sculptures; both Albert and Ted. When staying in New Jersey, both Albert and Ted would collect wooden pieces from abandoned buildings and other locations for Nevelson to use in her sculptures. The early etchings and drawings she gifted to Argentieri are unique.
