The Ginny Williams Collection: Part II
The Ginny Williams Collection: Part II
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LOUISE BOURGEOIS | TRANI EPISODE
Lot Closed
July 16, 04:05 PM GMT
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
LOUISE BOURGEOIS
1911 - 2010
TRANI EPISODE
signed with the artist's initials, dated 1971 and inscribed APM
plaster, in two parts
Overall: 7½ by 10½ by 9¾ in. (19 by 26.7 by 24.7 cm.)
Executed in 1971, this work is one of two smaller plaster examples of Trani Episode. This edition was realized in six media types: one in plaster and latex, two in plaster, one in marble, four in alabaster, one in granite, and six in bronze with one artist's proof.
Private Collection, Paris (acquired directly from the artist)
Christie's New York, 17 November 2000, Lot 457
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
“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 exorcise.’’
(Jerry Gorovoy, Louise Bourgeois: Homesickness, Yokohama Museum of Art, Exh. Cat., 1997, n.p.)