LOUISE BOURGEOIS (1911-2010)

Lot 20
21.11.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1334712
Lot 20 | LOUISE BOURGEOIS (1911-2010)
Estimate value
$ 1 000 000 – 1 500 000
LOUISE BOURGEOIS (1911-2010)
Untitled
inscribed with the artist's initials, foundry mark, edition number and casting date 'LB 5/6 MAF 02' (at the base)
painted bronze with stainless steel
51 ¾ x 12 x 12 in. (131.5 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1947-1949 and cast in 2002. This work is number five from an edition of six plus one artist's proof.




Provenance

Xavier Hufkens, Brussels
Galleri s.e, Bergen
Haunch of Venison, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2012



Literature

Louise Bourgeois, exh. cat., National Gallery of Victoria, 1995, pl. 5 (original wood version illustrated).



Exhibited

New York, Peridot Gallery, Louise Bourgeois: Sculptures, October 1950 (original wood version exhibited).
New York, Museum of Modern Art; Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art and Akron Art Museum, Louise Bourgeois: Retrospective, November 1982-May 1984 (original wood version exhibited).
Santa Fe, Laura Carpenter Fine Art, Louise Bourgeois Personages, July-September 1993 (number one from the edition exhibited).
Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria and Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art, Louise Bourgeois, October 1995-April 1996 (original wood version exhibited).
Paris, United States Department of State, American Embassy Residence, 1997-2000 (number one from the edition exhibited).
Riverdale, The Hebrew Home for the Aged, January 2004-February 2005 (number six from the edition exhibited).
Zurich, Daros Exhibitions, Louise Bourgeois: Emotions Abstracted, Works 1941-2000, March-December 2004 (original wood version exhibited).
Terre Haute, University Art Gallery, Indiana State University, Contemporary Women Artists: New York, January-February 2005 (artist's proof exhibited).
Oslo, Lund Fine Art, Louise Bourgeois: Personages, November 2009-January 2010 (number four from the edition exhibited).
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Louise Bourgeois, Structures of Existence: The Cells, February-August 2015 (artist's proof exhibited).
Zurich, Hauser & Wirth, The God That Failed: Louise Bourgeois, Barnett Newman, Mark Rothko, June-September 2023 (number six from the edition exhibited).
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