Louise Nevelson's "City on the High Mountain" is a playful and complex assemblage, combining different sculpture models Nevelson had created several years earlier. Additional pieces were added to create the final composition, including the grill-like "lace," which reminded the artist of lace doilies from her childhood, and a gong-like, suspended element. Nevelson viewed the ball of railroad spikes on top of this work as the "period" which completed the piece. | Sofalca Raluca

6.2K views · 70 reactions | Celebrate Louise Nevelson's birthday today! We visited the Museum's conservation lab to see how associate conservator Margo Delidow prepared Nevelson's Night-Focus Dawn (1969) to travel to Amon Carter Museum of American Art for their exhibition The World Outside: Louise Nevelson at Midcentury. | Whitney Museum of American Art | Facebook