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Sculptor Louise Nevelson; author and critic V.S. Pritchett; Japanese economist Shigeto Tsuru '35; and medical pharmacologist Sir John W. Black round out this year's list of honoraries, which is one less than last year's 11 honorands...
...Louise Nevelson, sculptor...
Russian-born sculptor Louise Nevelson is known both for her earlier interior sculptures in painted wood and for her more recent outdoor sculptures in metal, one of which was unveiled Tuesday at a ceremony at the Law School...
...Nevelson, who currently works in New York, is considered one of the foremost living sculptors. Her work, which is broadly categorized as surrealist, is represented in numerous permanent collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Princeton University, and Brandeis University...
Referring to her use of "throw-away" objects to form her works, Levine said, the 86-year-old Nevelson, "developed sculpture through processes that could have an unexpected power, not framed by conventions of human figures...