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Lot 212 |Property from a Distinguished Post-War Collector
Louise Bourgeois (b. 1911)
The Fingers
Closed13 November 2008
Price Realised
USD 132,000
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Louise Bourgeois (b. 1911)
The Fingers
signed with initials, numbered and dated 'LB 3/6 94' (on the edge of one element)
diptych--bronze
overall: 3 x 12½ x 8 in. (7.6 x 31.7 x 20.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1968 and executed in 1998. This work is number three from an edition of six plus one artist proof.
The Fingers
signed with initials, numbered and dated 'LB 3/6 94' (on the edge of one element)
diptych--bronze
overall: 3 x 12½ x 8 in. (7.6 x 31.7 x 20.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1968 and executed in 1998. This work is number three from an edition of six plus one artist proof.
Louise Bourgeois (b. 1911)
The Fingers
signed with initials, numbered and dated 'LB 3/6 94' (on the edge of one element)
diptych--bronze
overall: 3 x 12½ x 8 in. (7.6 x 31.7 x 20.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1968 and executed in 1998. This work is number three from an edition of six plus one artist proof.
The Fingers
signed with initials, numbered and dated 'LB 3/6 94' (on the edge of one element)
diptych--bronze
overall: 3 x 12½ x 8 in. (7.6 x 31.7 x 20.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1968 and executed in 1998. This work is number three from an edition of six plus one artist proof.
Locks Gallery, Philadelphia
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Dia: Beacon, exh. cat., Dia Art Foundation, New York, 2003.
Louise Bourgeois, exh. cat., Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, 2007, p. 29, pl. 7 (another example illustrated).
Lynda Benglis Louise Bourgeois: Circa 70, exh. cat., Cheim & Read Gallery, New York, 2007.
Louise Bourgeois, exh. cat., Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, 2007, p. 29, pl. 7 (another example illustrated).
Lynda Benglis Louise Bourgeois: Circa 70, exh. cat., Cheim & Read Gallery, New York, 2007.
New York, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Elders of the Tribe, December 1986-January 1987 (another example exhibited).
Warburg, Paulo Salvador Gallery, Apfelbaum/Bourgeois/Graves/Park/Putnam/Wharton, September-October 1986 (another example exhibited).
Bridgehampton, Dia Art Foundation, Louise Bourgeois: Works from the Sixties, May-June 1989, p. 13 (another example illustrated).
Frankfurter Kunstverein; Munich, Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus; Lyon, Musée d'art Contemporain; Barcelona, Fondacion Tàpies; Bern, Kunstmuseum and Otterlo, Kröller-Muller Museum, Louise Bourgeois: A Retrospective Exhibition, December 1989-July 1991, p. 109 (another example illustrated).
Galerie Krinzinger Wien, Louise Bourgeois 1939-1989 Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, May-June 1990 (another example exhibited).
Kansas City, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Louise Bourgeois, July-September 1994 (another example exhibited).
Philadelphia, Locks Gallery, Louise Bourgeois, October-November 1994 (another example exhibited).
Vaduz, Liechtensteinische Staatliche Kunstsammlung, 10 Jahre Neuerwerbungen der Liechtensteinischen Staatlichen Kunstsammlung, September-November 1998 (another example exhibited).
Beacon, Dia Center for the Arts, Louise Bourgeois Installation at Inauguration of Dia: Beacon, May 2003 (long term loan; another example exhibited).
New York, Cheim & Read, Circa Seventies, June-August 2007 (another example exhibited).
Warburg, Paulo Salvador Gallery, Apfelbaum/Bourgeois/Graves/Park/Putnam/Wharton, September-October 1986 (another example exhibited).
Bridgehampton, Dia Art Foundation, Louise Bourgeois: Works from the Sixties, May-June 1989, p. 13 (another example illustrated).
Frankfurter Kunstverein; Munich, Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus; Lyon, Musée d'art Contemporain; Barcelona, Fondacion Tàpies; Bern, Kunstmuseum and Otterlo, Kröller-Muller Museum, Louise Bourgeois: A Retrospective Exhibition, December 1989-July 1991, p. 109 (another example illustrated).
Galerie Krinzinger Wien, Louise Bourgeois 1939-1989 Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, May-June 1990 (another example exhibited).
Kansas City, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Louise Bourgeois, July-September 1994 (another example exhibited).
Philadelphia, Locks Gallery, Louise Bourgeois, October-November 1994 (another example exhibited).
Vaduz, Liechtensteinische Staatliche Kunstsammlung, 10 Jahre Neuerwerbungen der Liechtensteinischen Staatlichen Kunstsammlung, September-November 1998 (another example exhibited).
Beacon, Dia Center for the Arts, Louise Bourgeois Installation at Inauguration of Dia: Beacon, May 2003 (long term loan; another example exhibited).
New York, Cheim & Read, Circa Seventies, June-August 2007 (another example exhibited).