


Sky Landscape
1983
Sky Landscape is a monumental 30-foot outdoor sculpture by Louise Nevelson, completed in 1983 on commission from the American Medical Association. Installed at the northeast corner of Vermont Avenue and L Street NW in Washington, D.C., the work comprises two separate black steel assemblages set atop a granite base, composed of sheets and cylinders of varying shapes, lengths, and patterns. The piece reflects Nevelson's signature aesthetic of organized stacking — rooted in her early found-object upcycling practice — translated here into a large-scale architectural steel form. A significant example of late 20th-century American abstract public sculpture by one of its most celebrated practitioners.
- Medium
- Painted steel (black steel sheets and cylinders)
- Dimensions
- Spotted At
- Public Work · Washington DC
Notes
Sculpture consists of two separate pieces that stand next to each other to create the overall structure. Set atop a granite base. Total height 30 feet (approximately 914 cm). Featured as a stop on the Abstract Sculptures of DC tour. Building behind the sculpture bears signage reading '3,400 SF Retail For Lease'. Building address visible as 1701.
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