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Louise Bourgeois

French · 1911–2010 · Painter, Printmaker

Louise Joséphine Bourgeois was a French-American artist. Although she is best known for her large-scale sculpture and installation art, Bourgeois was also a prolific painter… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Louise Bourgeois, Untitled (The Wedges), 1950/1991, cast bronze and stainless steelUntitled (The Wedges)Phillips · $1,925,000≈ £1,334,581≈ €1,689,337Sign up to see
  2. Louise Bourgeois, Couple, 2002, fabric and hanging piece in aluminium, glass and wood vitrineCouplePhillips · £869,500≈ $1,052,356≈ €1,013,147Sign up to see
  3. Louise Bourgeois, Nature Study, 1996, biscuit porcelainNature StudyPhillips · £725,000≈ $940,398≈ €823,970Sign up to see

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  1. Louise Bourgeois, I Do (MoMA 226), 2010, Digital print in colors, on fabric
    I Do (MoMA 226), 2010
    Print (other) · Other support · ed. 136/300
    16 x 12 in. (40.6 x 30.5 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 363
    $9,675≈ £7,234≈ €8,335Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $3,000–5,000View at Phillips ↗
  2. Louise Bourgeois, Sheaves; Inner Life (two works from the Repères 19 catalog), 1985, photolithograph
    Sheaves; Inner Life (two works from the Repères 19 catalog), 1985
    Lithograph
    12⅛ h x 8⅜ w in (31 x 21 cm)
    Rago Auctions · · Lot 143
    $1,080≈ £809≈ €929Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,500–View at Rago Auctions ↗
  3. Louise Bourgeois, EX-LIBRIS, Lithograph with embossing, 198/300, 2005
    EX-LIBRIS
    Lithograph · ed. 229/300
    11.5cm x 8cm (4.5in x 3.25in) full sheet, unframed
    Lyon & Turnbull · · Lot 15
    £1,638≈ $2,172≈ €1,880Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £800–1,200View at Lyon & Turnbull ↗
  4. Louise Bourgeois, LB01, 'Give or Take III' bronze with gold and rich brown patination
    LB01
    Sculpture · ed. 16/25
    Sworders · · Lot 443
    £11,000≈ $14,746≈ €12,640HammerSign up free to seeEst. £12,000–18,000View at Sworders ↗
  5. Louise Bourgeois, Untitled (Ex-Libris), bookplate from Recueil des secrets de Louyse Bourgeois (Collection of Secrets of Louyse Bourgeois) (see MoMA 612), 2005, Offset lithograph in colours with embossing, on wove paper, with full margins, with the accompanying illustrated book Recueil des Secrets de Louyse Bourgeois
    Untitled (Ex-Libris), bookplate from Recueil des secrets de Louyse Bourgeois (Collection of Secrets of Louyse Bourgeois) (see MoMA 612), 2005
    Lithograph · Paper · ed. 267/300
    I. 9 x 6.9 cm (3 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.) S. 11.7 x 8.1 cm (4 5/8 x 3 1/4 in.) book 15 x 9.5 x 1.6 cm (5 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 0 5/8 in.)
    Phillips · · Lot 350
    £1,548≈ $2,108≈ €1,783Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £800–1,200View at Phillips ↗
  6. Louise Bourgeois, Program for a Helmut Lang fashion show, 2000, Unique red ink drawing, on wove paper Helmut Lang fashion show program
    Program for a Helmut Lang fashion show, 2000
    Drawing · Paper
    11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 209
    $2,794≈ £2,053≈ €2,407Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $3,000–5,000View at Phillips ↗
  7. Louise Bourgeois, The Welcoming Hands, 1996, Bronze with silver nitrate patina
    The Welcoming Hands, 1996
    Sculpture
    12 x 64 x 47 cm (4.7 x 25.1 x 18.5 in)
    Ketterer Kunst · · Lot 55
    €495,300≈ $565,187≈ £417,328Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €250,000–View at Ketterer Kunst ↗
  8. Louise Bourgeois, The Olive Branch, from L'Art pour la paix (Art for Peace) portfolio (MoMA 919.2), 2004, Lithograph in colours, on wove paper, with full margins
    The Olive Branch, from L'Art pour la paix (Art for Peace) portfolio (MoMA 919.2), 2004
    Lithograph · Paper · ed. 82/146
    I. 33.5 x 27 cm (13 1/4 x 10 5/8 in.) S. 40.7 x 30.1 cm (16 x 11 7/8 in.)
    Phillips · · Lot 243
    £2,540≈ $3,446≈ €3,017Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £3,000–5,000View at Phillips ↗
  9. Louise Bourgeois, Have You Saved a Soul Today? (MoMA 704), 2009, Unique screenprint in colours, on wove paper, the full sheet
    Have You Saved a Soul Today? (MoMA 704), 2009
    Screenprint · Paper · ed. 4/30
    S. 33 x 43.2 cm (12 7/8 x 17 in.)
    Phillips · · Lot 244
    £6,350≈ $8,616≈ €7,542Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £5,000–7,000View at Phillips ↗
  10. Louise Bourgeois, Hamlet and Ophelia, 1997, lithograph in colors
    Hamlet and Ophelia, 1997
    Lithograph
    29⅝ h x 42 w in (75 x 107 cm)
    Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · · Lot 288
    $5,016≈ £3,795≈ €4,514Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $3,500–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
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About Louise Bourgeois

Louise Joséphine Bourgeois was a French-American artist. Although she is best known for her large-scale sculpture and installation art, Bourgeois was also a prolific painter and printmaker. She explored a variety of themes over the course of her long career including domesticity and the family, sexuality and the body, as well as death and the unconscious. These themes connect to events from her childhood which she considered to be a therapeutic process. Although Bourgeois exhibited with the abstract expressionists and her work has a lot in common with Surrealism and feminist art, she was not formally affiliated with a particular artistic movement.

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