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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)

$1,925,000≈ £1,334,581≈ €1,689,337Sign uprecord price · incl. premiumUntitled (The Wedges)Phillips262lots offered2001–2026years recorded93%sold (237)$8.7kSign up free to seemedian price

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  1. Untitled (The Wedges) by Louise Bourgeois, 1950/1991, cast bronze and stainless steel, sold May 2016Untitled (The Wedges)Phillips · $1,925,000≈ £1,334,581≈ €1,689,337Sign up to see
  2. Couple by Louise Bourgeois, 2002, fabric and hanging piece in aluminium, glass and wood vitrine, sold Jun 2022CouplePhillips · £869,500≈ $1,052,356≈ €1,013,147Sign up to see
  3. Nature Study by Louise Bourgeois, 1996, biscuit porcelain, sold Jun 2017Nature StudyPhillips · £725,000≈ $940,398≈ €823,970Sign up to see

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  1. I Do by Louise Bourgeois, 2010, Digital print in colors, on fabric, the full sheet,, sold Apr 2018
    I Do, 2010
    Print (other) · Other support · ed. 174/300
    S. 16 x 12 in. (40.6 x 30.5 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 355
    $10,625≈ £7,609≈ €8,700Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $2,500–3,500View at Phillips ↗
  2. Les Fleurs by Louise Bourgeois, 2009, Screenprint, on Magnani paper, the full sheet, sold Apr 2018
    Les Fleurs, 2009
    Screenprint · Paper · ed. 15/175
    S. 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 356
    $6,875≈ £4,924≈ €5,629Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,500–2,500View at Phillips ↗
  3. Untitled (Holiday Laurel) by Louise Bourgeois, 2004, Drypoint in blue, on heavy wove paper, with full margins, sold Apr 2018
    Untitled (Holiday Laurel), 2004
    Drypoint · Paper · ed. 35/100
    I. 25.5 x 19 cm (10 x 7 1/2 in.) S. 46 x 32 cm (18 1/8 x 12 5/8 in.)
    Phillips · · Lot 357
    $2,750≈ £1,969≈ €2,252Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,500–2,500View at Phillips ↗
  4. Pregnant Caryatid by Louise Bourgeois, 2001, lithograph on paper, sold Apr 2018
    Pregnant Caryatid, 2001
    Lithograph · Paper
    29¼ h x 20½ w in (74 x 52 cm)
    Wright · · Lot 117
    $6,875≈ £4,829≈ €5,552Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $5,000–View at Wright ↗
  5. Give or Take (How Do You Feel This Morning?) by Louise Bourgeois, 1990, Patinated bronze, sold Feb 2018
    Give or Take (How Do You Feel This Morning?), 1990
    Sculpture
    Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · · Lot 128
    $21,250≈ £15,147≈ €17,248Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $15,000–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
  6. Yes by Louise Bourgeois, 2004, Soft-ground etching with unique hand-colouring in watercolour, gouache and ink, with additions in graphite and coloured , sold Jan 2018
    Yes, 2004
    Etching · Paper · ed. 10/15
    S. 60.5 x 70 cm (23 7/8 x 27 1/2 in.) overall 69.5 x 77.5 cm (27 3/8 x 30 1/2 in.)
    Phillips · · Lot 37
    £77,500≈ $110,476≈ €89,043Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £10,000–15,000View at Phillips ↗
  7. Toi et moi by Louise Bourgeois, 2006, Screenprint in black and red, on woven fabric, sold Nov 2017
    Toi et moi, 2006
    Screenprint · Paper · ed. 88/125
    Sheet. 7 7/8 x 10 7/8 in. (20 x 27.6 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 18
    $8,125≈ £6,066≈ €6,870Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $3,000–5,000View at Phillips ↗
  8. Pink Days by Louise Bourgeois, 2008, Screenprint in black and pink, on smooth wove card stock paper, with full margins, sold Nov 2017
    Pink Days, 2008
    Screenprint · Paper · ed. 52/175
    Image. 6 3/4 x 10 in. (17.1 x 25.4 cm) Sheet. 8 3/8 x 10 7/8 in. (21.3 x 27.6 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 22
    $5,000≈ £3,733≈ €4,228Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,200–1,800View at Phillips ↗
  9. Couples by Louise Bourgeois, 2001, Lithograph in colors with gold acrylic hand additions, on Rives BFK paper, the full sheet,, sold Nov 2017
    Couples, 2001
    Lithograph · Paper · ed. 50/150
    S. 44 1/2 x 26 in. (113 x 66 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 24
    $4,375≈ £3,266≈ €3,699Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $4,000–6,000View at Phillips ↗
  10. Woman by Louise Bourgeois, 2004, Aquatint with red watercolor additions, on Twinrocker handmade paper, with full margins, sold Oct 2017
    Woman, 2004
    Aquatint · Paper
    I. 17 1/4 x 18 1/4 in. (43.8 x 46.4 cm) S. 29 1/4 x 21 3/4 in. (74.3 x 55.2 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 278
    $11,250≈ £8,529≈ €9,567Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $5,000–7,000View at Phillips ↗
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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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