Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Homely Girl, A Life (MoMA 926-935), 1992
Drypoint · Paper · ed. 25/44
Phillips · Apr 22, 2026$14,190 ≈ £10,510 ≈ €12,094Sign up free to see price
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Montée Difficile (Slow Climb): Version 2
Louise Bourgeois (French, 1911–2010) · circa 1990
$6,250 price realized incl. premium
≈ £4,899≈ €5,384
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- Medium
- Etching · Prints & multiples all etching results →As published: “Photogravure, on Arches paper, with full margins”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed with initials in pencil
- Category
- Other
- Dimensions
- I. 7 1/4 x 5 in. (18.4 x 12.7 cm) S. 15 x 11 in. (38.1 x 27.9 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Editions & Works on Paper (NY030120)
- Date
- July 24, 2020
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 200
- Estimate
- $7,000 – $9,000 (≈ £5,487 – £7,054) (≈ €6,030 – €7,753)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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