ID 1306325
Lot 361 | LOUISE BOURGEOIS (1911-2010)
Estimate value
£ 25 000 – 35 000
The Family
embroidered with the artist's initials 'LB' (lower right)
archival dye on linen
17 ½ x 13in. (44.3 x 33cm.)
Executed in 2007, this work is number one from an edition of nine plus four artist's proofs
Provenance
Carolina Nitsch, New York.
Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2017.
Literature
Cusk, R., Louise Bourgeois: Suites on Fabric, London 2011, p. 41 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 36).
Lotz, C., Before, Yesterday and Now., London 2014 (incorrectly listed as drypoint on cloth).
Wye, D (ed.), Louis Bourgeois: The Complete Prints & Books, New York 2018, no. 147.
Exhibited
Tel Aviv, Gordon Gallery, Louise Bourgeois: Pink Days / Blue Days, 2017.
Further details
Another from the edition is in the permanent collection of MoMA, New York.
| Artist: | Louise Bourgeois (1911 - 2010) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Louise Bourgeois (1911 - 2010) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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