The only biography of this important American sculptor, this is the story of a strikingly beautiful woman who became a legend in her time.

From her birth in Russia, her girlhood in Maine, to her years as an artist in Manhattan, Nevelson's life was difficult, dramatic and, after years of struggle, finally triumphant.

Her rich iconography--expressed in black, white, and gold wooden assemblages--is an enormous and extraordinary body of work found in parks, plazas, and museums around the world.