A Life of Beauty: The Collection of John Cheim
Louise Bourgeois
Nature Study #2
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November 16, 11:16 PM GMT
Estimate
400,000 - 600,000 USD
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A Life of Beauty: The Collection of John Cheim
Louise Bourgeois
1911 - 2010
Nature Study #2
stamped with the artist's initials and number 4/6 (on the underside)
bronze with black and polished patina, with artist's base
sculpture: 12½ by 33 by 16½ in. 31.8 by 83.8 by 41.9 cm.
base: 27 by 21¾ by 21¾ in. 68.5 by 55.2 by 55.2 cm.
Conceived in 1985 and cast in 1994, this work is number 4 from an edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof.
Cheim & Read, New York
Acquired from the above in 2005 by the present owner
Acquired from the above in 2005 by the present owner
Scottsdale, Riva Yares Gallery, Louise Bourgeois, February 1987 (another example)
Cincinnati, Contemporary Arts Center, Vitality of Vision: Works by Women in Sculpture, March - May 1987 (another example)
Boston, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Grossman Gallery, Undercurrents: Rituals and Translations, November - December 1987 (another example)
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Enduring Creativity, April - June 1988, p. 9, illustrated
Chicago, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Louise Bourgeois: Selected Works 1946 - 1989, September - October 1989 (another example)
Philadelphia, Locks Gallery, Louise Bourgeois, October - November 1994 (present example)
Dublin, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, From Beyond the Pale: Art and Artists at the Edge of Consensus, December 1994 - February 1995, p. 86, illustrated in color (another example)
Staten Island, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, The Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, In Three Dimensions: Women Sculptors of the 90s, July - September 1995, p. 32, illustrated (another example)
Olympia, Washington State Arts Commission (permanent collection)
Cincinnati, Contemporary Arts Center, Vitality of Vision: Works by Women in Sculpture, March - May 1987 (another example)
Boston, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Grossman Gallery, Undercurrents: Rituals and Translations, November - December 1987 (another example)
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Enduring Creativity, April - June 1988, p. 9, illustrated
Chicago, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Louise Bourgeois: Selected Works 1946 - 1989, September - October 1989 (another example)
Philadelphia, Locks Gallery, Louise Bourgeois, October - November 1994 (present example)
Dublin, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, From Beyond the Pale: Art and Artists at the Edge of Consensus, December 1994 - February 1995, p. 86, illustrated in color (another example)
Staten Island, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, The Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, In Three Dimensions: Women Sculptors of the 90s, July - September 1995, p. 32, illustrated (another example)
Olympia, Washington State Arts Commission (permanent collection)
Stuart Morgan, Louise Bourgeois, Cincinnati, 1987, n.p., illustrated
Robert Storr, Intimate Geometries: The Art and Life of Louise Bourgeois, New York, 2016, p. 424, illustrated in color
Robert Storr, Intimate Geometries: The Art and Life of Louise Bourgeois, New York, 2016, p. 424, illustrated in color
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