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Tango

Elie NadelmanWW-1920-164495

1920·Painted and gessoed cherry wood·Overall: 36 × 25 5/8 × 13 7/8 in. (91.4 × 65.1 × 35.2 cm)

<p>Elie Nadelman, <em>Tango</em>, c. 1920–1924. Painted and gessoed cherry wood, overall: 36 × 25 5/8 × 13 7/8 in. (91.4 × 65.1 × 35.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Mr. and Mrs. Arthur G. Altschul Purchase Fund, the Joan and Lester Avnet Purchase Fund, the Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch Purchase Fund, the Mrs. Robert C. Graham Purchase Fund in honor of John I.H. Baur, the Mrs. Percy Uris Purchase Fund and the Henry Schnakenberg Purchase Fund in honor of Juliana Force 88.1a-c. © Estate of Elie Nedelman</p>

Catalogue

Year: 1920
Medium: Painted and gessoed cherry wood
Dimensions: Overall: 36 × 25 5/8 × 13 7/8 in. (91.4 × 65.1 × 35.2 cm)
Collection: Whitney Museum of American Art
Artist: Elie Nadelman

Artist

Elie Nadelman

Sculpture

Elie Nadelman was an American sculptor born in Warsaw who developed a distinctive modernist vocabulary rooted in classical reduction and geometric abstraction. Working primarily in bronze, stone, and wood between the 1910s and 1940s, he created figurative works of extraordinary formal economy, distilling the human form into elegant, streamlined volumes. His sculptures and drawings synthesized influences from archaic Greek art, folk traditions, and contemporary avant-garde practice. Nadelman's work bridged European modernism and American sculpture, establishing a visual language that prioritized purity of line and mass over narrative or ornament.

Riverdale, NY, USA

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