{"id":19,"date":"2025-04-17T12:29:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T16:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/?p=19"},"modified":"2025-09-08T15:06:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T19:06:48","slug":"rain-zag-ix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/2025\/04\/rain-zag-ix\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain Zag IX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Louise Nevelson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>American, b. modern-day Ukraine, 1899-1988<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Rain Zag IX, <\/em><\/strong><strong>1978<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Wood with paint, 45 1\/2 x 71 1\/2 x 9 inches<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Gift of Western College Alumnae Association, Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1980.37&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/files\/2025\/04\/1980.37-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/files\/2025\/04\/1980.37-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/files\/2025\/04\/1980.37-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/files\/2025\/04\/1980.37-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/files\/2025\/04\/1980.37-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/files\/2025\/04\/1980.37-2048x1367.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Influenced by the Russian Suprematism, Cubism, and Abstract Expressionism artists such as her mentor Hans Hofmann, Louise Nevelson\u2019s <em>Walls<\/em> are iconic forms for which the artist is recognized. Her geometric forms are created through a random selection of wood pieces and arranging them in shallow relief. Her works have a predilection for horizontal and vertical elements. Nevelson works with forms that absorb and reflect light, creating an illusion of shadows. The personal style of her works construct non-objective compositions in high relief out of wood, and other materials painted a uniform color, usually black, white or gold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Louise Nevelson American, b. modern-day Ukraine, 1899-1988 Rain Zag IX, 1978 Wood with paint, 45 1\/2 x 71 1\/2 x 9 inches Gift of Western <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/2025\/04\/rain-zag-ix\/\" title=\"Rain Zag IX\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1564,"featured_media":103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fall-25","category-spring-25"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1564"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/from-the-collection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}