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LOUISE BOURGEOIS (1911-2010)
Untitled
stamped with the artist's initials, numbered and dated 'LB 3/6 06' (on the lowest element)
painted bronze and stainless steel
57 x 12 x 12 in. (144.8 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1954 and cast in 2006. This work is number three from an edition of six plus one artist's proof.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner, 2009
Literature
R. Storr, Intimate Geometries: The Art and Life of Louise Bourgeois New York, 2016, p. 240 (plaster version illustrated).
T. Vischer, ed., Fondation Beyeler: The Collection, Switzerland, 2017, p. 149 (another example illustrated).
I. Brugger, Ansichten Heft 18: Louise Bourgeois Switzerland, 2020, p. 7 (another example illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Sperone Westwater Gallery, Louise Bourgeois Works from the 50’s, April-May 1989 (plaster version exhibited).
Kansas City, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Louise Bourgeois July-September 1994 (plaster version exhibited).
New York, Blumarts, Louise Bourgeois and Yayoi Kusama June-September 2001 (plaster version exhibited).
Städtische Museen Jena, Louise Bourgeois Sculpture, Drawings and Prints, September-November 2010, p. 47 (illustrated; another example exhibited).
Seoul, Kukje Gallery, Louise Bourgeois Personages, May-June 2012, pp. 70-71, 75 and 94, no. 70 (illustrated; another example exhibited).
Beijing, Faurschou Foundation; Copenhagen, Faurschou Foundation, Louise Bourgeois Alone and Together, October 2012-March 2014, pp. 41, 129 and 130 (illustrated; another example exhibited).
Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Sammlungshangung Bourgeois, October 2013-January 2014 (plaster version exhibited).
Mexico City, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Louise Bourgeois Petite Maman, November 2013-March 2014, fig. 7 (illustrated; another example exhibited).
Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Moon Bird and Spider, October 2018-January 2019 (plaster version exhibited).
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt; Humlebæk, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Fantastic Women. Surreal Worlds from Meret Oppenheim to Frida Kahlo February-September 2020 (another example exhibited).
Details
LOUISE BOURGEOIS (1911-2010)
Untitled
stamped with the artist's initials, numbered and dated 'LB 3/6 06' (on the lowest element)
painted bronze and stainless steel
57 x 12 x 12 in. (144.8 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1954 and cast in 2006. This work is number three from an edition of six plus one artist's proof.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner, 2009
Literature
R. Storr, Intimate Geometries: The Art and Life of Louise Bourgeois New York, 2016, p. 240 (plaster version illustrated).
T. Vischer, ed., Fondation Beyeler: The Collection, Switzerland, 2017, p. 149 (another example illustrated).
I. Brugger, Ansichten Heft 18: Louise Bourgeois Switzerland, 2020, p. 7 (another example illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Sperone Westwater Gallery, Louise Bourgeois Works from the 50’s, April-May 1989 (plaster version exhibited).
Kansas City, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Louise Bourgeois July-September 1994 (plaster version exhibited).
New York, Blumarts, Louise Bourgeois and Yayoi Kusama June-September 2001 (plaster version exhibited).
Städtische Museen Jena, Louise Bourgeois Sculpture, Drawings and Prints, September-November 2010, p. 47 (illustrated; another example exhibited).
Seoul, Kukje Gallery, Louise Bourgeois Personages, May-June 2012, pp. 70-71, 75 and 94, no. 70 (illustrated; another example exhibited).
Beijing, Faurschou Foundation; Copenhagen, Faurschou Foundation, Louise Bourgeois Alone and Together, October 2012-March 2014, pp. 41, 129 and 130 (illustrated; another example exhibited).
Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Sammlungshangung Bourgeois, October 2013-January 2014 (plaster version exhibited).
Mexico City, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Louise Bourgeois Petite Maman, November 2013-March 2014, fig. 7 (illustrated; another example exhibited).
Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Moon Bird and Spider, October 2018-January 2019 (plaster version exhibited).
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt; Humlebæk, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Fantastic Women. Surreal Worlds from Meret Oppenheim to Frida Kahlo February-September 2020 (another example exhibited).
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