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Louise Bourgeois
FEMME, 2005
Bronze, reddish-brown patina with highlights
12 x 5 x 7 in
30.5 x 12.7 x 17.8 cm
30.5 x 12.7 x 17.8 cm
Edition 5/6 + 1AP
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Born in France in 1911, and working in America from 1938 until her death in 2010, Louise Bourgeois is recognized as one of the most important and influential artists of...
Born in France in 1911, and working in America from 1938 until her death in 2010, Louise Bourgeois is recognized as one of the most important and influential artists of the twentieth century. Bourgeois’s creative process was fueled by an introspective reality, often rooted in cathartic re-visitations of early childhood trauma and frank examinations of female sexuality. Articulated by recurrent motifs (including body parts, houses and spiders), personal symbolism and psychological release, the conceptual and stylistic complexity of Bourgeois’s oeuvre – employing a variety of genres, media and materials – plays upon the powers of association, memory, fantasy, and fear. This sculpture beautifully exemplifies the tactility and intimacy of Bourgeois’s sculptural work with bronze, and an edition of this work was included in the exhibition “ARTIST ROOMS: Louise Bourgeois” at the Tate Modern in 2016.
Provenance
The artistThe Louise Bourgeois Trust
Exhibitions
Artist Rooms: Louise Bourgeois, Tate Modern, London, June 17, 2016–June 17, 2017 (cast no. 1/6)
Literature
Benjamin Genocchio. “Seoul Success Story: Hyun-Sook Lee” in Art + Auction (New York), November 2012, p. 144.
