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Louise Bourgeois, Ode à l’oubli (Ode to Forgetting), 2004, The complete hand-made cloth book with 35 compositions: 30 fabric collages with archival dyes and 5 lithographs on fabric, bound with tie and buttonhole fastening (allowing the pages to be unbound)© Phillips — view on Phillips website ↗

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Ode à l’oubli (Ode to Forgetting)

Louise Bourgeois (French, 1911–2010) · 2004

$274,000 price realized incl. premium

≈ £224,388≈ €250,801

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As published: “The complete hand-made cloth book with 35 compositions: 30 fabric collages with archival dyes and 5 lithographs on fabric, bound with tie and buttonhole fastening (allowing the pages to be unbound)”
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Edition
17/25
Category
Lithographs
Dimensions
10 1/2 x 14 x 3 in. (26.7 x 35.6 x 7.6 cm)
Auction house
Phillips
Sale
Evening & Day Editions (NY030216)
Date
October 26, 2016
Location
New York
Lot
69
Estimate
$80,000 – $120,000 (≈ £65,515 – £98,272) (≈ €73,227 – €109,840)
Source
Auction house phillips.com ↗
Retrieved Sep 27, 2026

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