Louise Bourgeois - New Now London Wednesday, April 10, 2019 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Private Collection, Paris
    Artcurial, Paris, 1 June 2010, lot 216
    Private Collection
    Artcurial, Paris, 4 April 2017, lot 177
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • Catalogue Essay

    This drawing has been executed on the first page of a book by Harry Jancovici, editor of engraving portfolios.

  • Artist Biography

    Louise Bourgeois

    French-American • 1911 - 2010

    Known for her idiosyncratic style, Louise Bourgeois was a pioneering and iconic figure of twentieth and early twenty-first century art. Untied to an art historical movement, Bourgeois was a singular voice, both commanding and quiet.

    Bourgeois was a prolific printmaker, draftsman, sculptor and painter. She employed diverse materials including metal, fabric, wood, plaster, paper and paint in a range of scale — both monumental and intimate. She used recurring themes and subjects (animals, insects, architecture, the figure, text and abstraction) as form and metaphor to explore the fragility of relationships and the human body. Her artworks are meditations of emotional states: loneliness, jealousy, pride, anger, fear, love and longing.

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Untitled

signed with the artist's initials and inscribed 'BAT. LB' lower left
ballpoint pen on paper
27 x 22 cm (10 5/8 x 8 5/8 in.)
Executed circa 1998.

Estimate
£8,000 - 12,000 

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New Now

London Auction 11 April 2019