Louise Bourgeois

Topiary

Auction Closed

March 11, 09:01 PM GMT

Estimate

300,000 - 500,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Distinguished Private Collection, Europe

Louise Bourgeois

1911 - 2010

Topiary

stamped with the initials L.B., date 06, number 2/6 and foundry mark (on the base)

bronze, silver nitrate and gold patina

23¼ by 11⅛ by 8¾ in.

59.1 by 28.3 by 22.2 cm.

Conceived in 2005; this example executed in 2006 as number 2 from an edition of 6, plus 1 artist's proof.

Cheim & Read, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in June 2006

Daniel Birnbaum, Louise Bourgeois – Topiary, Italy 2009, n.p. (another example illustrated)
Heather Pesanti, A Secret Affair: Selections from the Fuhrman Family
Collection. Texas: The Contemporary Austin, 2014, p. 36 (another example illustrated )
Kathryn Wat, Revival, Washington, D.C. 2017. p. 51 (another example illustrated)

Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, Louise Bourgeois: Femme, 2006

The Contemporary Austin, A Secret Affair: Selections from the Fuhrman Family Collection, 2014, p. 36, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)

London, Tate Modern, ARTIST ROOMS: Louise Bourgeois, 2016-2017 (another example exhibited)

Somerset, Hauser & Wirth, Louise Bourgeois: Turning Inwards, 2016-2017 (another example exhibited)

Washington, D.C., National Museum of Women in the Arts, Revival, 2017, p. 51, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)

Madrid, United States Department of State, Art in Embassies Program, 2018-2021 (another example exhibited)