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Louise Bourgeois (b. 1911)

Molotov Cocktail

Price realised USD 98,500
Estimate
USD 80,000 – USD 120,000
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Louise Bourgeois (b. 1911)

Molotov Cocktail

Price realised USD 98,500
Price realised USD 98,500
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Louise Bourgeois (b. 1911)
Molotov Cocktail
bronze
4 x 9 x 3½ in. (10.1 x 22.8 x 8.8 cm.)
Executed circa 1968. This work is number one from an edition of six plus one artist's proof.
Provenance
William Rubin, acquired directly from the artist
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, 112 Greene Street, Louise Bourgeois: Sculpture 1970-1974, December 1974 (another example exhibited).
New York, Museum of Modern Art; Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; Akron Art Museum, Louise Bourgeois: Retrospective, November 1983-January 1984, (another example exhibited).
Paris and Zurich, Maeght-Lelong, Louise Bourgeois: Retrospektive 1947-1984, February-May 1985 (another example exhibited).
Frankfurt, Frankfurter Kunstverein; Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus; Lyon, Musée d'art Contemporain; Barcelona, Fundación, Tàpies; Bern, Kunstmuseum; Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, Louise Bourgeois: A Retrospective Exhibition, December 1989-June 1991 (another example exhibited).
Vienna, Galerie Krinzinger Wien, Louise Bourgeois 1939-89 Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, May-June 1990 (another example exhibited).
Oxford, Museum of Modern Art, Louise Bourgeois, October-December 1995 (another example exhibited).
Berlin-Brandenburg, Akademie der Künste, Louise Bourgeois in Berlin: Works 1943-2003, June-July 2003 (another example exhibited). London, Tate Modern; Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou; New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art; Washington D.C., Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Louise Bourgeois: Retrospective, October 2007-June 2008 (another example exhibited).
Kunsthalle Bielefeld, 1968. The Great Innocents, March-August 2008, p. 45 (illustrated, another example exhibited).

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