Louise Bourgeois (b. 1911)

Trani Episode

Details
Louise Bourgeois (b. 1911)
Bourgeois, L.
Trani Episode
signed with initials, inscribed and dated 'L.B. APM 1971'
two elements--plaster
15 x 15 x 9in. (38 x 38 x 23cm.)
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist
Private collection, Paris

Lot Essay

"I am not particularly aware, or interested in, the erotic in my work...Since I am exclusively concerned, at least consciously, with formal perfection, I allow myself to follow blindly the images that suggest themselves to me. There has always been sexual suggestiveness in my work. Sometimes I am totally concerned with female shapes-- clusters of breasts like clouds--but often I merge the imagery-- phallic breasts, male and female, active and passive." (D. Wye, Louise Bourgeois, New York 1982, pp. 26-27)

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