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Lot 14
  • 14

Louise Bourgeois

Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 GBP
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Description

  • Louise Bourgeois
  • The Child
  • fabric figure in aluminum and glass vitrine

  • 177.8 by 60.9 by 60.9cm.; 70 by 24 by 24in.
  • Executed in 2003.

Provenance

Galerie Karsten Greve, St. Moritz
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the illustration fails to fully convey the figure in the vitrine. Condition: This work is in very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

"My childhood has never lost its magic, it has never lost its mystery, and it has never lost its drama. All my work of the last fifty years, all my subjects, have found their inspiration in my childhood."

 

The artist cited in: Louise Neri, 'The Personal Effects of a Woman with No Secrets' in: Exhibition Catalogue, London, Serpentine Gallery, Louise Bourgois OEuvres récentes/Recent Works, 1998, p. 81