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Louise Bourgeois (b. 1911)
- Spider V

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Louise Bourgeois (b. 1911)
Spider V
Price Realized
(Set Currency)
  • $1,762,500
  • Price includes buyer's premium
Estimate
    $1,500,000 - $2,000,000

Sale Information

Sale 2048
Post-War & Contemporary Evening Sale
12 November 2008
New York, Rockefeller Plaza





Lot Description

Louise Bourgeois (b. 1911)
Spider V
signed with initials, numbered and dated 'LB 2/6 MAF 99' (on the underside)
bronze and steel
21 x 38 x 44 in. (53.3 x 96.5 x 111.8 cm.)
Executed in 1999. This work is number two from an edition of six plus one artist's proof.

Pre-Lot Text

PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION

Provenance

Lars Bohman, Stockholm
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

F. Morris and M. Warner, Louise Bourgeois, exh. cat., London, 2000, pp. 52-53 (illustrated).

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