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Louise Bourgeois: career timeline

French · 1911–2010 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 246 of 261 lots (94% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Louise Bourgeois: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1940s1111$59.7kSign upDrawing
1950s44$92kSign upDrawing
1960s75$152kSign upSculpture
1970s11$5.4kSign upEtching
1980s1913$7kSign upLithograph
1990s10598$7.7kSign upEtching
2000s8783$7.7kSign upLithograph
2010s109$10.6kSign upPrint (other)

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1940s 11 works

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11 of 11
Median
$59.7kSign up
Average
$58.7kSign up
Typical size
9.5 × 7.5 in (24 × 19 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (7), Etching (2), Engraving (1)
Subjects
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1950s 4 works

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4 of 4
Median
$92kSign up
Average
$540kSign up
Typical size
12 × 13.5 in (30 × 34 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (3), Sculpture (1)
Subjects
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1960s 7 works

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5 of 7
Median
$152kSign up
Average
$278kSign up
Typical size
9.5 × 11 in (24 × 28 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (7)
Subjects
—

1970s 1 work

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1 of 1
Median
$5.4kSign up
Average
$5.4kSign up
Typical size
5 × 7 in (12 × 17 cm)
Mediums
Etching (1)
Subjects
—

1980s 19 works

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13 of 19
Median
$7kSign up
Average
$76.5kSign up
Typical size
12 × 8.5 in (30 × 22 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (8), Etching (4), Sculpture (3)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)
Show 7 more (1980s)

1990s 105 works

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98 of 105
Median
$7.7kSign up
Average
$29.4kSign up
Typical size
12 × 14 in (30 × 36 cm)
Mediums
Etching (25), Drypoint (19), Lithograph (17)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (14), Flowers & still life (2), Landscapes (2)
Show 12 more (1990s)

…and 81 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 87 works

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83 of 87
Median
$7.7kSign up
Average
$45kSign up
Typical size
12 × 10.5 in (31 × 27 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (25), Drypoint (17), Screenprint (14)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (7), Flowers & still life (4), Sunsets & night (3)
Show 12 more (2000s)

…and 63 more works from this group in the full results list.

2010s 10 works

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9 of 10
Median
$10.6kSign up
Average
$19.6kSign up
Typical size
16 × 12 in (41 × 31 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (7), Etching (1), Other (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

Creation date not recorded

15 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 6 works

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6 of 6
Median
$3.5kSign up
Average
$3.7kSign up
Typical size
10 × 9.5 in (26 × 24 cm)
Mediums
Other (3), Gouache (1), Etching (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

Undated, sold in the 2020s 9 works

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6 of 9
Median
$4.5kSign up
Average
$7.8kSign up
Typical size
19.5 × 26.5 in (50 × 68 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (3), Screenprint (3), Sculpture (2)
Subjects
—
Show 3 more (2020s)

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Louise Bourgeois auction results →