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MM mm Hoi? front of her work "Bicentennial She died in New York on Sunday. 8A DETROIT FREE PRESS TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1988 Noted sculptor Louise Nevelson dies in NY at 87 by John Russell New York Times NEW YORK Louise Nevelson, a pioneer creator of environmental sculpture who became one of the world's best-known women artists, died Sunday at her home in Manhattan. She was 88. She had worked steadily almost until her death, and recently produced a 35-foot black steel sculpture that is being installed at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. Nevelson was known above all for her wall sculptures.

When modern sculpture was generally getting more open and transparent, Nevelson caught the public imagination by her command of darkness and deep shadow. She was born in Kiev, Russia, in 1899. In 1902, her father decided to start a new life in the United States. His family remained in Russia until he could offer them security in the United States. This separation was painful to her, and she lost the power of speech for six months.

She married Charles Nevelson in 1920 and moved to New York. Her one child, Myr6n Nevelson, was born in 1922. She and her husband later separated. In 1936, Nevelson entered a competition at the ACA Gallery in New York and was one of four young artists invited to show there later that year. Nevelson was in her 60s before she could count on a steady income from her work.

But gradually the big museums and the big collectors came around to the fact that a major artist was in their midst. Commissions included work for Princeton University in 1969 and major sculptures in 1973 for Boston; Scottsdale, and Binghamton, N.Y. In 1979, Nevelson made her most visible imprint on New York with the Louise Nevelson Plaza, an entire outdoor environment of her black sculptures on Maiden Lane in Manhattan. The Detroit Institute of Arts owns one of her works, "Homage to the World," a 28-foot black sculpture made of 100 boxes. She is survived by her son, three granddaughters and two great-granddaughters.

Free Press art critic Marsh Miro contributed to this report. Joseph Claramunt, printer for Teamsters Joseph D. Claramunt, 74, of Oak Park, a friend of Jimmy Hoffa who was mm Sculptor Louise Nevelson poses Dawn" in Philadelphia in 1976. today and 1-9 p.m. Wednesday at Sawyer-Fuller Funeral Home, 2125 Twelve Mile Road, Berkley.

Prayer service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, followed by services at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church, 13500 Oak Park Oak Park. Burial will be at St. Hedwig Cemetery, Dearborn Heights.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 475, Southfield 48075. Bonita (Bunny) M. Houghton, 89, formerly of Birmingham, died April 5 in Clearwater, Fla. Mrs. Houghton was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Birmingham and the Oakland Hills Country Club.

She is survived by her son, G. Knight Houghton; a daughter, Barbara Ostermann; four grandchildren; and a great-grandson. Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at White Chapel Cemetery, 621 W. Long Lake Road in Troy.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association of Michigan, 16310 W. Twelve Mile Road, Box 160, Lathrup Village 48076. DONALD GATES, 66, owner of Gates Upholstery Shop in Redford, died Sunday at St. Mary Hospital in Livonia. Mr.

Gates was a member of the Red-ford Chamber of Commerce. He is survived by his wife, Lillian; son, Glenn; mother, Liela Gates; and a brother. Visitation will be from 1 to 9 p.m. today at Harry J. Will Funeral Home, 25450 Plymouth Road in Red-ford.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Parkview Memorial Cemetery in Livonia. in DEATHS ELSEWHERE Rodney L. Cool, 68, a physicist who helped establish the existence and de fine the properties of subatomic parti cles called quarks, has died in New York of cancer.

Cool, a professor of experimental high-energy physics at Rockefeller University, was a member of the National Academy of Sciences. John Reardon, 58, a star of opera, concert and musical comedy for more than 30 years, has died Santa Fe, N.M., of pneumonia. The baritone had an opera repertoire of more than 100 roles. Patrick Mphephu, 63, the authori tarian president-for-life of the tiny black homeland of Venda, South Africa, died Monday in Pretoria of "multiple organ failure," the South African For eign Affairs Department said. South Africa white rulers considered Mphe phu a valuable and co-operative ally, and black activists condemned him for repressing dissent in Venda.

John S. Chandley, 79, former man aging editor of the Kansas City Times for 14 years, has died in Kansas City, Mo. Haruo Shikanai, 42, chairman of the Fuji Sankei Communications Group, has died in Tokyo of liver and kidney failure. About 5,000 people, including Prime Minister Noboro Ta-keshita, attended Monday funeral services for Shikanai, who died Saturday. Regarding Sears April 19 Advertising Supplement on page 7G, the Gas Chain Saw 35516, Reg.

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