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Black Torso
Details
Louise Bourgeois (b. 1911)
Black Torso
signed with initials, numbered and dated 'L.B. 1968 1/6' (on the underside)
black Belgian marble
11¼ x 5¾ x 5 in. (28.6 x 14.6 x 12.7 cm.)
Executed in 1968. This work is number one from an edition of six.
Black Torso
signed with initials, numbered and dated 'L.B. 1968 1/6' (on the underside)
black Belgian marble
11¼ x 5¾ x 5 in. (28.6 x 14.6 x 12.7 cm.)
Executed in 1968. This work is number one from an edition of six.
Provenance
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1984
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1984
Literature
Louise Bourgeois, exh. cat., Serpentine Gallery, London, 1985 (another example exhibited).
Louise Bourgeois, exh. cat., Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, 1987 (another example exhibited).
Black, exh. cat., Siegeltuch Gallery, New York, 1987 (another example exhibited).
Louise Bourgeois: A Retrospective Exhibition, exh. cat., Frankfurter Kunstverein, 1991 (another example exhibited).
Louise Bourgeois 1939-89 Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, exh. cat., Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, 1990, p. 135 (another example illustrated). Louise Bourgeois: Works in Marble, exh. cat., Galerie Hauser & Wirth, Zurich, 2002, p. 36 (another example illustrated).
Louise Bourgeois, exh. cat., Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, 1987 (another example exhibited).
Black, exh. cat., Siegeltuch Gallery, New York, 1987 (another example exhibited).
Louise Bourgeois: A Retrospective Exhibition, exh. cat., Frankfurter Kunstverein, 1991 (another example exhibited).
Louise Bourgeois 1939-89 Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, exh. cat., Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, 1990, p. 135 (another example illustrated). Louise Bourgeois: Works in Marble, exh. cat., Galerie Hauser & Wirth, Zurich, 2002, p. 36 (another example illustrated).
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