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Lot 526 | Louise Bourgeois | "The Endless Loop"
Estimate
50.000
- 70.000
€
D F
Result:
(incl. premium)
132.000 €
BOURGEOIS, LOUISE
1911 Paris - 2010 New York
Title: "The Endless Loop".
Date: 2008.
Technique: Archival dyes, fabric and metal press studs on two panels of fabric sewn together.
Measurement: 44,5 x 59,5cm.
Notation: Monogrammed lower right: LB (embroidered).
Frame/Pedestal: Box frame. Not examined out of the frame.
The left half of the diptych is a print after the watercolour "The Family" (2007).
Provenance:
- Cheim & Read Gallery, New York (label)
- Samantha Sellem Galerie, Paris (label)
- Private collection Germany
Exhibitions:
- 3rd Triennale for Contemporary Art, Fashion and Design, Hassel 2012
- La Casa Encendida, Madrid 2012
Literature:
- Cf. Celant, Germano: Louise Bourgeois - The Fabric Works, Milan 2010, no. 268, p. 285, ill.
- Cf. Exhib. cat. Louise Bourgeois - "Honni soit qui mal y pense", La Casa Encendida, Madrid 2012, cat. no. 56, p. 135, ill.
- Louise Bourgeois intensively explores the female body and repeatedly highlights the theme of motherhood
- The work was created in 2008, two years before the artist's death, when she reflected once again on the mother-child relationship at the high age of 97
- In "The Endless Loop", the artist extends the theme to the family and succeeds in depicting with simple means the relationship of a family in all its never-ending interconnectedness
1911 Paris - 2010 New York
Title: "The Endless Loop".
Date: 2008.
Technique: Archival dyes, fabric and metal press studs on two panels of fabric sewn together.
Measurement: 44,5 x 59,5cm.
Notation: Monogrammed lower right: LB (embroidered).
Frame/Pedestal: Box frame. Not examined out of the frame.
The left half of the diptych is a print after the watercolour "The Family" (2007).
Provenance:
- Cheim & Read Gallery, New York (label)
- Samantha Sellem Galerie, Paris (label)
- Private collection Germany
Exhibitions:
- 3rd Triennale for Contemporary Art, Fashion and Design, Hassel 2012
- La Casa Encendida, Madrid 2012
Literature:
- Cf. Celant, Germano: Louise Bourgeois - The Fabric Works, Milan 2010, no. 268, p. 285, ill.
- Cf. Exhib. cat. Louise Bourgeois - "Honni soit qui mal y pense", La Casa Encendida, Madrid 2012, cat. no. 56, p. 135, ill.
- Louise Bourgeois intensively explores the female body and repeatedly highlights the theme of motherhood
- The work was created in 2008, two years before the artist's death, when she reflected once again on the mother-child relationship at the high age of 97
- In "The Endless Loop", the artist extends the theme to the family and succeeds in depicting with simple means the relationship of a family in all its never-ending interconnectedness
Contact:
Robert van den Valentyn
Partner & Abteilungsleiter
Modern, Post War & Contemporary Art
+49 221 92 58 62 300
Modern, Post War & Contemporary Art
+49 221 92 58 62 300
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32% buyer’s premium on the hammer price
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Stock Id: 76000-634