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Louise Bourgeois
Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 USD
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Description
- Louise Bourgeois
- The Rectory
- incised with the artist's initials, date 02, number 1/6 and stamped with the foundry mark
silver sculpture in steel, glass and wood vitrine with three mirrors
- Building: 6 by 6 by 12 3/4 in. 15.2 by 15.2 by 32.4 cm.
- Vitrine: 67 1/2 by 24 by 24 in. 171.6 by 61 by 61 cm.
- Executed in 2002, this work is number 1 from an edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof.
Provenance
Cheim & Read, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2006
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2006
Exhibited
Cologne, Galerie Karsten Greve, Louise Bourgeois, April - July 2003 (another example exhibited)
Genoa, Palazzo Ducale, Art and Architecture 1900-2000, October 2004 - January 2005 (another example exhibited)
Seoul, Kukje Gallery, Louise Bourgeois, April - May 2005, frontispiece and pp. 85, 87 and 88, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Genoa, Palazzo Ducale, Art and Architecture 1900-2000, October 2004 - January 2005 (another example exhibited)
Seoul, Kukje Gallery, Louise Bourgeois, April - May 2005, frontispiece and pp. 85, 87 and 88, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Catalogue Note
"I do not travel in space but only in time. My favorite spot in the world is sitting in my front room drawing and looking out across the street at the rectory."
The artist cited in release for The Rectory edition to benefit Saint Peter's Episcopal Church, New York 2002