Contemporary Art Day Auction
Contemporary Art Day Auction
Louise Bourgeois
Clutching
Lot Closed
October 15, 02:49 PM GMT
Estimate
180,000 - 250,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Louise Bourgeois
1911 - 2010
Clutching
stamped with the artist's initials and numbered 4/6 on the reverse
bronze with golden brown patina
30.8 by 32.7 by 29.5 cm. 12⅛ by 12⅞ by 11⅝ in.
Conceived in 1962 and cast in bronze in 1999, this work is number 4 from an edition of 6, plus 1 artist's proof.
Galleri SE, Bergen
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2005
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2005
Micheal Fried, 'New York Letter', Art International, Vol. VIII, 25 April 1964, p. 58 (text)
Robert Storr, Paulo Herkenhoff and Allan Schwartzman, Louise Bourgeois, London 2003, p. 61, illustrated in colour (ed no. unknown)
Ann Coxon, Louise Bourgeois, London 2010, p. 43, illustrated in colour (plaster version)
Rainer Crone and Petrus Graf Schaesberg, Louise Bourgeois: The Secret of the Cells, Berlin 2011, p. 58, no. 87, illustrated in colour (plaster version)
Robert Storr, Intimate Geometries: The Art and Life of Louise Bourgeois, New York 2016, p. 309, illustrated in colour (plaster version)
Robert Storr, Paulo Herkenhoff and Allan Schwartzman, Louise Bourgeois, London 2003, p. 61, illustrated in colour (ed no. unknown)
Ann Coxon, Louise Bourgeois, London 2010, p. 43, illustrated in colour (plaster version)
Rainer Crone and Petrus Graf Schaesberg, Louise Bourgeois: The Secret of the Cells, Berlin 2011, p. 58, no. 87, illustrated in colour (plaster version)
Robert Storr, Intimate Geometries: The Art and Life of Louise Bourgeois, New York 2016, p. 309, illustrated in colour (plaster version)