Louise Bourgeois, The Architecture of Memory: Works from a Private Collection
Louise Bourgeois
The loved hand
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November 24, 02:51 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
Lot Details
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Louise Bourgeois, The Architecture of Memory: Works from a Private Collection
Louise Bourgeois
1911 - 2010
The loved hand
stamped with the artist's signature and numbered 1/6
bronze
22.5 by 19 by 32 cm. 8⅞ by 7⅜ by 122½ in.
Conceived in 1967 and cast in 1983, this work is number 1 from an edition of 6, plus 1 artist's proof.
Cheim & Read, New York (acquired directly from the Louise Bourgeois Trust)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in June 2010
Acquired from the above by the present owner in June 2010
Houston, McIntosh/ Drysdale Gallery, Small Bronze, April - May 1983 (ed. no. unknown)
San Francisco, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, September - October 1983 (ed. no. unknown)
Baltimore, George Dalsheimer Gallery, Contemporary Sculpture, October 1987 (ed. no. unknown)
Frankfurt, Frankfurter Kunstverein; Munich, Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus; Lyon, Musée d’art Contemporain; Barcelona, Fundación Tàpies, Bern, Kunstmuseum Bern; and Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, Louise Bourgeois: A Retrospective Exhibition, December 1989 - July 1991, p. 118, no. 54, illustrated (Frankfurt and Barcelona), p. 120, no. 54 (Lyon)(ed. no. unknown)
Vienna, Galerie Krinzinger, Louise Bourgeois 1939-89 Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, May - June 1990 (ed. no. unknown)
Zurich, Galerie Lelong, Skulpturen, June - July 1993 (ed. no. unknown)
Helsinki, Nyktaiteen Museo, ARS 95 Helsinki, February - May 1995 (ed. no. unknown)
San Francisco, Gallery Paule Anglim, Louise Bourgeois, January - April (this example exhibited)
Davos, Price-Waterhouse-Coopers, The New Encyclopedists: An Art Exhibition Shown During the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, January 1999 (ed. no. unknown)
Buenos Aires, Fundación PROA; Sao Paulo, Instituto Tomie Ohtake; and Rio de Janeiro, Museu de Arte Moderna, Louise Bourgeois: The Return of the Repressed (titled Louise Bourgeois: The Return of the Forbidden Desire in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro), March - November 2011, vol. I, n.p., no. 29, ed. no unknown illustrated (Buenos Aires), Vol. II., p. 187, no. 32, ed. no. unknown illustrated (Sao Pualo) (artist's proof exhibited)
San Francisco, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, September - October 1983 (ed. no. unknown)
Baltimore, George Dalsheimer Gallery, Contemporary Sculpture, October 1987 (ed. no. unknown)
Frankfurt, Frankfurter Kunstverein; Munich, Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus; Lyon, Musée d’art Contemporain; Barcelona, Fundación Tàpies, Bern, Kunstmuseum Bern; and Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, Louise Bourgeois: A Retrospective Exhibition, December 1989 - July 1991, p. 118, no. 54, illustrated (Frankfurt and Barcelona), p. 120, no. 54 (Lyon)(ed. no. unknown)
Vienna, Galerie Krinzinger, Louise Bourgeois 1939-89 Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, May - June 1990 (ed. no. unknown)
Zurich, Galerie Lelong, Skulpturen, June - July 1993 (ed. no. unknown)
Helsinki, Nyktaiteen Museo, ARS 95 Helsinki, February - May 1995 (ed. no. unknown)
San Francisco, Gallery Paule Anglim, Louise Bourgeois, January - April (this example exhibited)
Davos, Price-Waterhouse-Coopers, The New Encyclopedists: An Art Exhibition Shown During the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, January 1999 (ed. no. unknown)
Buenos Aires, Fundación PROA; Sao Paulo, Instituto Tomie Ohtake; and Rio de Janeiro, Museu de Arte Moderna, Louise Bourgeois: The Return of the Repressed (titled Louise Bourgeois: The Return of the Forbidden Desire in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro), March - November 2011, vol. I, n.p., no. 29, ed. no unknown illustrated (Buenos Aires), Vol. II., p. 187, no. 32, ed. no. unknown illustrated (Sao Pualo) (artist's proof exhibited)
Robert Storr, Intimate Geometries: The Art and Life of Louise Bourgeois, London 2016, p. 325, illustrated in colour (plaster version)
