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Lot 53 | Louise Bourgeois | Untitled
Estimate
100.000
- 150.000
€
D
F
Result:
(incl. premium)
277.200 €
BOURGEOIS, LOUISE
1911 Paris - 2010 New York
Title: Untitled.
Date: 2005 (design).
Technique: Bronze, silver nitrate patina.
Measurement: 42 x 10 x 10,5cm.
Notation: Monogrammed, numbered and dated bottom at the back: L.B 2/6 06.
Foundry Mark: Foundry mark bottom right: MAF (ligated).
Number: 2/6 + AP.
This bronze is a 2006 casting made at the Modern Art Foundry, New York.
Provenance:
- Galerie Karsten Greve, St. Moritz (directly from the artist)
- Private collection Germany
Literature:
- Cf. Bourgeois, Louise: "Obsession", In: A Juxtaposition: Gaston Lachaise - Louise Bourgeois, New York 2014, ill.
- Louise Bourgeois is one of the most important artists of contemporary art and was a source of identification for numerous artists
- Powerful work from the multifaceted oeuvre that is permeated by symbolic dualities such as the masculine and the feminine, the nourishing and the destructive
- Sculpture of enormous sensuality, emphasising the ambiguity in Bourgeois' work with its cool, metallic patina.
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1911 Paris - 2010 New York
Title: Untitled.
Date: 2005 (design).
Technique: Bronze, silver nitrate patina.
Measurement: 42 x 10 x 10,5cm.
Notation: Monogrammed, numbered and dated bottom at the back: L.B 2/6 06.
Foundry Mark: Foundry mark bottom right: MAF (ligated).
Number: 2/6 + AP.
This bronze is a 2006 casting made at the Modern Art Foundry, New York.
Provenance:
- Galerie Karsten Greve, St. Moritz (directly from the artist)
- Private collection Germany
Literature:
- Cf. Bourgeois, Louise: "Obsession", In: A Juxtaposition: Gaston Lachaise - Louise Bourgeois, New York 2014, ill.
- Louise Bourgeois is one of the most important artists of contemporary art and was a source of identification for numerous artists
- Powerful work from the multifaceted oeuvre that is permeated by symbolic dualities such as the masculine and the feminine, the nourishing and the destructive
- Sculpture of enormous sensuality, emphasising the ambiguity in Bourgeois' work with its cool, metallic patina.
Conditions of this Lot
VAT margin scheme, VAT included, but must not be indicated, not refundable
32% buyer’s premium on the hammer price
32% buyer’s premium on the hammer price
Droit de suite
plus artist resale right fee of 1.5% on the hammer price up to € 200,000
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Stock Id: 76000-505
