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The Collection of Geraldine and Harold Alden

Louise Bourgeois

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Auction Closed

November 17, 01:40 AM GMT

Estimate

1,500,000 - 2,000,000 USD

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The Collection of Geraldine and Harold Alden

Louise Bourgeois

1911 - 2010


Observer

inscribed with initials L.B., stamped with foundry mark and numbered 5/6

bronze with dark patina

75 by 28 by 12 in.

198.1 by 71.1 by 30.5 cm.

Conceived in 1947-1949 and cast in 1989, the present work is number 5 from an edition of 6 plus one artist's proof.


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珍洛婷與哈羅德・奧爾登伉儷收藏

露易絲・布爾喬亞

1911 - 2010年

《觀察者》


款識:銘刻藝術家姓名縮寫 L.B.、蓋鑄造廠章並標記5/6

青銅及深色包漿

75 x 28 x 12 英寸

198.1 x 71.1 x 30.5 公分

1947-1949年構思,1989年鑄造。1版6件,此作為第5件,另有1件藝術家自留版

Robert Miller Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above in November 1991 by the present owner
M.C., “Debut as Sculptor at Peridot,” ARTnews, Vol. 48, No. 6, 1949, p. 46 (text) 
Michel Seuphor, The Sculpture of This Century, New York 1959, p. 240, illustrated (in the artist’s studio, 1950) (another edition) 
Exh. Cat., Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Individuals: A Selected History of Contemporary Art, 1945-1986, 1986, p. 339 (text) (another edition) 
Christian Huther, “Louise Bourgeois,” Kunstforum International, bd. 106, March/April 1990, p. 306, illustrated (edition no. unknown) 
Exh. Cat., Brooklyn Museum, Louise Bourgeois: The Locus of Memory, Works 1982-1993, April-July 1994, p. 83 (text) (edition no. unknown)
Marie-Laure Bernadac, Louise Bourgeois, Paris 1995, p. 53, 89, illustrated (another edition) (2006 reprint); p. 242-243, illustrated (another edition) (2008 reprint) 
Exh. Cat., Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Louise Bourgeois: Sculptures, environnements, drawings 1938-1995, June-October 1995, p. 60, illustrated (another edition) (Paris); 52, illustrated (another edition) (Hamburg)
Exh. Cat., Milan, Fondazione Prada, Louise Bourgeois: Blue Days and Pink Days, 1997, p. 89, illustrated (installed in the artist's home in Easton, circa 1940s),  p. 93, 104, illustrated (in the artist's home in New York, circa 1940s) (another edition) 
Exh. Cat., Urbana-Champaign, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (and traveling), Louise Bourgeois: The Early Work, 2002, p. 18, illustrated (in the artist's home in Easton, circa 1940s), pp. 22-23, illustrated (in the artist's home in New York, circa 1940s) (another edition) 
Jacqueline Caux, Tissée, Tendue au Fil des Jours, La Toile de Louise Bourgeois, Paris 2003, p. 14, illustrated (another edition) 
Exh. Cat., Denmark, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Louise Bourgeois: Life as Art, 2003, p. 17, illustrated (another edition)
Mignon Nixon, Fantastic Reality: Louise Bourgeois and a Story of Modern Art, Cambridge 2005, p. 154, illustrated (another edition) 
Exh. Cat., Cologne, Galerie Karsten Greve, Galerie Karsten Greve: 40 Years, Cologne; 20 Years, Paris; 10 Years, St. Moritz, 2009, p. 126, illustrated (in installation in Galerie Karsten Greve in 1990) (another edition) 
Ann Coxon, Louise Bourgeois, London 2010, p. 24, illustrated (in the artist’s studio in New York, circa 1940s) (another edition) 
Exh. Cat., Germany, Städtische Museen Jena, Louise Bourgeois, 2010, p. 11, illustrated (in artist’s home in Easton, circa 1940s) (another edition) 
Philip Larratt-Smith, “Louise Bourgeois: Sculpture as Symptom,” Acne Paper, no. 13, Spring 2012, pp. 18, 252-257 (text), p. 255, illustrated (another edition)
Exh. Cat., Kukje Gallery, Louise Bourgeois: The Personages, 2012, p. 21, illustrated (in the artist’s studio in New York, circa 1940s, p. 28, illustrated (installed in Peridot Gallery, New York, 1949), p. 78, illustrated (installed in the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1982), and p. 84, illustrated (installed in the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2008) (another edition) 
Olesya Turkina, Louise Bourgeois: Pandora’s Box, Moscow 2015, n.p., fig. 4, illustrated (edition no. unknown) 
Exh. Cat., Stockholm, Moderna Museet; Málaga, Museo Picasso, Louise Bourgeois: I Have Been to Hell and Back, February-September 2015, p. 228, (in the artist's home in Easton, circa 1940s and installed in Peridot Gallery, New York in 1949)
Robert Storr, Intimate Geometries: The Art and Life of Louise Bourgeois, New York 2016, pp. 140 and 238, illustrated (another edition) 
Exh. Cat., Los Angeles, Hauser Wirth & Schimmel, Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947-2016, 2016, p. 57, illustrated (another edition)
New York, Peridot Gallery, Louise Bourgeois: Recent Work, 1947-1949: Seventeen Standing Figures in Wood, October 1949 (another edition) 
New York, The Museum of Modern Art; Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; Akron Art Museum, Louise Bourgeois: Retrospective, November 1982-January 1984, p. 54, illustrated (in the artist's home in Easton, circa 1940s), p. 55, illustrated (installed in Peridot Gallery, New York, 1949), p. 56, pl. 44, illustrated  (another edition) 
London, Serpentine Gallery, Louise Bourgeois, May-June 1985 (another edition) 
Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Individual: A Selected History of Contemporary Art, 1945-1986, December 1986-January 1988 (another edition) 
Miami, Florida International University, Louise Bourgeois, October-November 1987 (the present work) 
San Francisco, Gallery Paule Anglim, Louise Bourgeois: Sculpture 1947-1955, November-December 1987 (edition no. unknown)  
Frankfurter Kunstverein; Munich, Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus; Lyon, Musée d’art Contemporain; Barcelona, Fundación Tàpies, Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, Louise Bourgeois: A Retrospective Exhibition, December 1989- July 1991, p.49, illustrated (another edition) (Frankfurt); p.49, illustrated (another edition) (Lyon); p.49, illustrated (another edition) (Spain); no. 8, p. 46, illustrated (in installation at Musée d’art Contemporain in 1989) p. 51, illustrated (1995 reprint)
Santa Monica, Linda Cathcart Gallery, Louise Bourgeois: Bronze Sculpture and Drawings, February-March 1990 (another edition) 
Vienna, Galerie Krinzinger Wien, Louise Bourgeois: 1939-89, Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, May-June 1990 (another edition) 
Cologne, Galerie Karsten Greve, Louise Bourgeois: Bronzes of the 1940s and 1950s, October-November 1990 (another edition) 
The Saint Louis Art Museum, Louise Bourgeois: The Personages, June-August 1994 (edition no. unknown) p. 45, illustrated  (another edition) 
Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Louise Bourgeois: Skulpturen und Installationen, September-October 1994, p. 91, no. 7, illustrated and p. 195 (text) (edition no. unknown), p. 91, no. 7, illustrated and p. 195 (text) (edition no. unknown)
Washington, D.C., The White House, Twentieth Century American s: The Mid-West, October 1994-February 1995, p.27, illustrated (another edition) 
Monterrey, Museum of Contemporary Art of Monterrey; Spain Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo; Mexico City, Museo Rufino Tamayo, Louise Bourgeois, June 1995-August 1996, p. 51, illustrated (another edition)
Westford, Gallery Joseloff, University of Hartford, Louise Bourgeois: The Forties and Fifties, November-December 1996, n.p., (text) (edition no. unknown) 
Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art, Sacred and Fatal: The Art of Louise Bourgeois, March-May 1998  (another edition) 
Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte, Louise Bourgeois: Architecture and Memory, November 1999-Febuary 2000 (another edition), p. 42, illustrated (in the artist's home in Easton, circa 1940s) (another edition), pp. 122-123, no. 10, illustrated in color and p. 275 (text) (another edition) 
Kyunggi-Do, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Louise Bourgeois: The Space of Memory, September-November 2000 (another edition), p. 109, illustrated (another edition) 
New York, C&M Arts, Louise Bourgeois: The Personages, April-June 2001, no. 9, n.p., illustrated (in the artist’s home in Easton, circa 1940s) (another edition) 
St. Petersburg, The State Hermitage Museum (titled Louise Bourgeois at the Hermitage); Helsinki City Art Museum; Stockholm, Kulturhuset; Oslo, Museet for Samtidskunst; Humlebæk, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Louise Bourgeois, October 2001-June 2003 (another edition) p. 39, illustrated (St. Petersburg) (another edition); p. 17, illustrated (Humlebæk) (another edition)
Denver, Metropolitan State College, Louise Bourgeois: Selections from the Ginny Williams Collection, March-April 2004 (another edition) 
Havana, Wilfredo Lam Center, Louise Bourgeois: One and Others, Febuary 2005-April 2006, n.p., (text) (another edition)
Columbus, Wexner Center for the Arts, Part Object Part Sculpture, October 2005-Febuarty 2006 (another edition), p. 14, illustrated (in the artist's home in Easton, circa 1940s) p, 38, illustrated (another edition) 
London, Tate Modern; Paris, Centre Pompidou; New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim; Los Angeles, The Museum of Contemporary Art; Washington D.C., The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Louise Bourgeois, February 2007-June 2009, pp. 228-229, illustrated (in the artist's home in Easton, circa 1940s), p. 231, 311 (text) (another edition) (English); pp. 242-243, illustrated (in the artist's home in Easton, circa 1940s) (another edition) (French) 
Reykjavik, National Gallery of Iceland, Louise Bourgeois: Kona / Femme, 2011, n.p., illustrated (another edition) 
Berlin, Hamburger Bahnhof, Hello World: Revising a Collection, April-August 2018, p. 95, illustrated in color (in installation) (edition no. unknown)
Shanghai, Long Museum; Beijing, Song Art Museum, Louise Bourgeois: The Eternal Thread, November 2018-June 2019, p. 31, illustrated (Beijing); p.19, illustrated in color, illustrated in color (on the catalogue insert) (in installation in Long Museum in 2018) (Shanghai) (another edition)
Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt; Humlebæk, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Fantastic Women: Surreal Worlds from Meret Oppenheim to Frida Kahlo, February-September 2020, p.370, illustrated (another edition) 
Basel, Kunstmuseum Basel, The Violence of Handwriting Across the Page, February-May 2022 (another edition)