ID 990344
Lot 30 | LOUISE BOURGEOIS (1911-2010)
Estimate value
£ 800 000 – 1 200 000
Nature Study
incised with the artist’s initials, number and date ‘LB 2007 II/II’ (on the base)
gold porcelain
28 1/2 x 13 x 16 1/4in. (72.4 x 33 x 41.3cm.)
Conceived in 1984-1996 and cast in 2007, this work is the second artist’s proof from an edition of two plus two artist’s proofs
Provenance
Private Collection, New York.
Hauser & Wirth, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2015.
Exhibited
Saint-Tropez, Musée de l’Annonciade, Dialogues méditerraneéns à Saint-Tropez, 2007 (another from the edition exhibited).
St. Petersburg, The State Hermitage Museum, Sèvres. Modern Porcelain, 2010 (another from the edition exhibited).
Avignon, Collection Lambert en Avignon, Palais des Papes, Les Papesses, 2013, pp. 192 and 372 (another from the edition exhibited; illustrated in colour, p. 193).
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| Artist: | Louise Bourgeois (1911 - 2010) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Artist: | Louise Bourgeois (1911 - 2010) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
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