Accession Code: wu0138 Title: Santa Barbara Date completed: 1958 Medium: Prints Material: Etching Height (mm): 760 Width (mm): 549 Depth (mm): n/a Inscription: Signed and inscribed top edge of frame and numbered 18/35 Location Name: Picture Store Location Description: Location Floor: 0

Printmaking was also included in Nele’s versatile range of skills; she had worked early in her career at the Studio Lacourière, in Paris, famous for the printmaking they supervised for Matisse, Picasso, Vollard and other notable artists.

Despite their titles, it is possible that these striking abstract etchings reflect ideas and forms for future sculptures. They seem to convey an interest in and understanding of metallic surfaces and structures.