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Pillar
Details
Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010)
Pillar
signed with initials and numbered 'L.B. 4/6'
painted bronze with stainless steel
63½ x 12 x 12 in.
Conceived in 1949 and cast in 1990. This work is number four from an edition of six plus one artist's proof.
Pillar
signed with initials and numbered 'L.B. 4/6'
painted bronze with stainless steel
63½ x 12 x 12 in.
Conceived in 1949 and cast in 1990. This work is number four from an edition of six plus one artist's proof.
Provenance
Cheim & Read, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
C. Meyer-Thoss, ""I Am a Woman with No Secrets": Statements by/von Louise Bourgeois," Parkett, March 1991, no. 27, p. 40 (another example illustrated).
B. Catoir and M. Jacob, Louise Bourgeois, Cologne, 1999, p. 53 (another example illustrated in color).
B. Catoir and M. Jacob, Louise Bourgeois, Cologne, 1999, p. 53 (another example illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Frankfurt, Frankfurter Kunstverein; Munich, Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhuas; Musée d'art Contemporain, Lyon; Barcelona, Fondacion Tapies; Berne, Kunstmuseum Berne and Otterlo, Kroller-Müller Museum, Louise Bourgeois: A Retrospective Exhibition, December 1989-July 1991, p. 51, no. 12 (another example exhibited and illustrated in color).
Santa Monica, Linda Cathcart Gallery, Louise Bourgeois: Bronze Sculptures and Drawings, February-March 1990 (another example exhibited).
Vienna, Galerie Krinzinger, Louise Bourgeois 1939-89 Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, May-June 1990 (another example exhibited).
National Gallery of Victoria and Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art, Louise Bourgeois, October 2010-April 1996, no. 10 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Museo de Arte Conteporáneo de Monterrey; Seville, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo and Mexico City, Museo Rufino Tamayo, Escultura de Louise Bourgeois: La Elegancia de la Ironia, June 1995-August 1996, p. 50, no. 19 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Chicago, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Sculpture, May-June 1998 (another example exhibited).
Tokyo, Yokohama Museum, Louise Bourgeois, November 1997-January 1998, p. 61, pl. 26 (another example exhibited and illustrated in color).
Hanover, NH, Jaffe-Friede & Strauss Galleries, Louise Bourgeois, February-March 1999 (another example exhibited).
New York, C & M Arts, Louise Bourgeois: The Personages, April-June 2001 (another example exhibited).
Brooklyn Museum of Art; Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; Nashville, Frist Center for the Visual Arts; San Diego Museum of Art and Phoenix Art Museum, Vital Forms: American Art and Design in the Atomic Age, 1940-1960, October 2001-June 2003 (another example exhibited).
Zurich, Daros Exhibitions, Louise Bourgeois: Emotions Abstracted, March-September 2004, fig. 13 (another example exhibited and illustrated in color).
Humlebaek, Denmark, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Works and Days, June 2004-August 2004 (another example exhibited).
Tate Modern, London; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Louise Bourgeois, October 2007-May 2009, fig. 202 (another example exhibited and illustrated in color).
Städtische Museen Jena, Louise Bourgeois: Sculpture, Drawings and Prints, September-November 2010 (another example exhibited).
Santa Monica, Linda Cathcart Gallery, Louise Bourgeois: Bronze Sculptures and Drawings, February-March 1990 (another example exhibited).
Vienna, Galerie Krinzinger, Louise Bourgeois 1939-89 Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, May-June 1990 (another example exhibited).
National Gallery of Victoria and Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art, Louise Bourgeois, October 2010-April 1996, no. 10 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Museo de Arte Conteporáneo de Monterrey; Seville, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo and Mexico City, Museo Rufino Tamayo, Escultura de Louise Bourgeois: La Elegancia de la Ironia, June 1995-August 1996, p. 50, no. 19 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Chicago, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Sculpture, May-June 1998 (another example exhibited).
Tokyo, Yokohama Museum, Louise Bourgeois, November 1997-January 1998, p. 61, pl. 26 (another example exhibited and illustrated in color).
Hanover, NH, Jaffe-Friede & Strauss Galleries, Louise Bourgeois, February-March 1999 (another example exhibited).
New York, C & M Arts, Louise Bourgeois: The Personages, April-June 2001 (another example exhibited).
Brooklyn Museum of Art; Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; Nashville, Frist Center for the Visual Arts; San Diego Museum of Art and Phoenix Art Museum, Vital Forms: American Art and Design in the Atomic Age, 1940-1960, October 2001-June 2003 (another example exhibited).
Zurich, Daros Exhibitions, Louise Bourgeois: Emotions Abstracted, March-September 2004, fig. 13 (another example exhibited and illustrated in color).
Humlebaek, Denmark, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Works and Days, June 2004-August 2004 (another example exhibited).
Tate Modern, London; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Louise Bourgeois, October 2007-May 2009, fig. 202 (another example exhibited and illustrated in color).
Städtische Museen Jena, Louise Bourgeois: Sculpture, Drawings and Prints, September-November 2010 (another example exhibited).
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