Property from an Important Private Collection
Louise Bourgeois
Arched Figure No. 2
Auction Closed
October 9, 06:50 PM GMT
Estimate
500,000 - 700,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Louise Bourgeois
1911 - 2010
Arched Figure No. 2
inscribed with the artist's initials (on the base)
fabric, nylon, bone and steel with glass, wood and stainless steel vitrine
177.8 by 96.5 by 45.7 cm. 70 by 38 by 18 in.
Executed in 1997.
Cheim & Read, New York
Acquired from the above in 2007 by the present owner
New York, Joseph Helman Gallery, Allegory, May - June 1997, n.p., illustrated in colour
Chicago, The Arts Club of Chicago, Louise Bourgeois, November 1997 - January 1998, p. 14 (checklist)
New York, Cheim and Read, I Am As You Will Be: The Skeleton in Art, September - November 2007, p. 13 (text) and p. 38, illustrated in colour
Basel, Kunstmuseum Basel, Louise Bourgeois x Jenny Holzer: The Violence of Handwriting Across a Page, February - May 2022
Exh. Cat., Caen, Musée des Beux-Arts de Caen, En Perspective, Giacometti, 2008, p. 28, illustrated in colour
Exh. Cat., Oslo, The National Museum, Louise Bourgeois. Imaginary Conversations, 2023, no. 135, p. 176, illustrated in colour
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