Louise Nevelson: A Passionate Life

Now in a revised edition, Louise Nevelson: A Passionate Life is the only biography of this important 20th century American sculptor. From her birth in Russia, her girlhood in Maine, to her years as an artist in Manhattan, Nevelson's life was difficult, dramatic and, after years of struggle, finally triumphant. Her rich iconographyexpressed in black, white, and gold wooden assemblagesis an enormous and extraordinary prize-winning body of work found in parks, plazas, and museums throughout the world. "Lisle has conscientiously investigated the numerous bizarre events in Nevelson's long life" -Washington Post Book World "Lisle's book is impressive in its thoroughness . . . its eclectic introduction of psychological analysis" -Woman's Art Journal "Lisle's view of Nevelson's often ruthless behavior is both compassionate and clear-eyed . . . [and she] has constructed a colorful, rich study of Nevelson's creative evolution" -The Boston Sunday Herald