Lot 117
  • 117

Louise Bourgeois

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Louise Bourgeois
  • Le Petit Object V
  • stamped with the artist's initials, numbered 2/8 and variously incised on the underside
  • bronze with silver nitrate patina
  • 30 by 18 by 11.5 cm. 11 7/8 by 7 by 4 3/8 in.
  • Executed in 1996, this work is number 2 from an edition of 8.

Provenance

Private Collection (acquired from the artist)
Private Collection, Norway

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly lighter and has more brown undertones in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

“Through shape and line, material and texture, Bourgeois is able to give a palpable specificity to her memories. More than just marking time, and nostalgic reminiscing, Bourgeois wants through her sculpture to re-create the past, to have total recall to the emotions, to analyze the event, to control it, to correct it, and finally to forgive and forget it… Bourgeois’ sculptures mark a collection of traumas, fears, anxieties, resentments, and unfulfilled desires which through her sculptures she is able to exercise.”

ROBERT STORR

Exh. Cat., Yokohama Museum of Art, Louise Bourgeois: Homesickness, 1997, n.p