Louise Bourgeois

Harmless Woman

Auction Closed

November 16, 02:02 AM GMT

Estimate

700,000 - 1,000,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Art House: The Collection of Chara Schreyer

Louise Bourgeois

1911 - 2010

Harmless Woman

incised with the artist's signature and dated 1969 (on edge of base)

white marble

39 by 14 ½ by 13 ½ in. 99 by 36.8 by 34.3 cm.

Conceived in 1969 and carved in marble in 1981, this work is unique.

The artist (until 1997)

Robert Miller Gallery, New York

Acquired from the above in April 1997 by the present owner

Exh. Cat., New York, Museum of Modern Art, Louise Bourgeois: Retrospective, 1982, p. 124, illustrated (in the artist's studio)

Alisa Carroll, Art House: The Collaboration of Chara Schreyer & Gary Hutton, New York, 2016, pp. 19, 45, 47, 219, illustrated in color (installed in Chara Schreyer's residence, Marin)

Douglas Fogle and Hannake Skerath, eds., Making Strange: The Chara Schreyer Collection, New York, 2021, p. 59, illustrated in color and pp. 21, 413

Camille Freestone, "This Stunning Home Is the Perfect Synthesis of Curation & Design," 2 February 2022, Coveteur, illustrated in color (installed in Chara Schreyer's residence, Marin) (online)

Philadelphia, Temple University, Tyler Gallery, Body Electric: Four Currents, November - December 1986