Louise Bourgeois

Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Kolin, New York (acquired directly from the artist in 1981)
Pace Wildenstein, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in July 1996

St. Paul du Vence, Foundation Maeght, L'Art Vivant aux Etats-Unis, July - September 1970, p. 119, illustrated
New York, Xavier Fourcade Gallery, Louise Bourgeois Sculpture: The Middle Years 1955 - 1970, September - October 1980
Chicago, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Louise Bourgeois, Femme Maison, May - June 1981, cat. no. 26, illustrated on the cover
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Louise Bourgeois, November 1982 - February 1983, pl. 120, p. 86, illustrated
Des Moines Art Center, extended loan, September 1996 - August 2008

Exh. Cat., Milan, Fondazione Prada, Louise Bourgeois: Blue Days and Pink Days, 1997, p. 131, illustrated (a marble atelier in New York)
Mâhki Xenakis, The Blind Leading the Blind (Lycée Fénelon), Paris, 1998, p. 68, illustrated
Thomas McEvilley, Sculpture in the Age of Doubt, New York, 1999, p. 245, illustrated

This work is in excellent condition overall. There is a 1 ¼ in. x 1/8 in. fill on the right hand drapery located 21 ¼ x 22 ¼ in. up from the bottom of the marble and a ½ in. scattered fill of the same material in the rim of the furthest right vertical protrusion as illustrated in the catalogue. There are a few scattered surface irregularities (faint scuffs or scratches) on the top of a few of the vertical protrusions. On the back left side of the sculpture, to the right of the signature, there is a light yellow stain 5/8 in. in diameter. The base, a found material, is original to the work and exhibits some drying cracks from age as is to be expected. There are also white traces and abrasions from installation and deinstallation of the sculpture.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
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``Bourgeois' paternal grandparents [Albertine Marie and Jacques Désiré Bourgeois] lived in Clamart, a little town in Hauts-de-Seine, south-west of Paris. Every Sunday, Louis and Joséphine Bourgeois took their children, Henriette, Louise and Pierre, to lunch at Jacques and Albertine's house. A photograph taken in 1912 shows the whole family, with uncles, aunts and cousins gathered in the garden of the house. ...On her death in 1932, Louise Bourgeois's mother was buried in Clamart cemetery.'' (Exh. Cat., London, The Tate Gallery, Louise Bourgeois, 2007, p. 81)