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PROPERTY FROM AN ESTEEMED PRIVATE COLLECTION
LOUISE BOURGEOIS (1911-2010)
Echo VIII
Details
LOUISE BOURGEOIS (1911-2010)
Echo VIII
stamped with the artist's initials, number, date and foundry mark 'LB 2⁄6 MAF 07' (on side of base)
painted bronze and steel
78 x 17 x 14in. (198.1 x 43.2 x 35.6cm.)
Executed in 2007, the work is number two from an edition of six plus one artist's proof
Echo VIII
stamped with the artist's initials, number, date and foundry mark 'LB 2⁄6 MAF 07' (on side of base)
painted bronze and steel
78 x 17 x 14in. (198.1 x 43.2 x 35.6cm.)
Executed in 2007, the work is number two from an edition of six plus one artist's proof
Provenance
Hauser & Wirth, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007.
Literature
A. Coxon, Louise Bourgeois, London 2010 (installation view of another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 83).
Exhibited
London, Hauser & Wirth, Louise Bourgeois: New Works, 2007 (another from the edition exhibited).
New York, Cheim & Read, Louis Bourgeois: Echo, 2008, pp. 34, 36 and 38 (another from the edition exhibited; illustrated in colour, pp. 37 and 39; detail illustrated in colour, p. 35).
Seoul, Kukje Gallery, Louise Bourgeois: Les Fleurs, 2010, p. 101, no. 14 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated in colour, pp. 64-65; installation view illustrated in colour, p. 68).
Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art, 17th Biennale of Sydney, The Beauty of Distance: Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age, 2010, p. 338 (another from the edition exhibited).
Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Louise Bourgeois, 2011 (another from the edition exhibited). This exhibition later travelled to Edmonton, National Gallery of Alberta and Toronto, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art.
Doha, QMA Gallery, Qatar Museums, Louise Bourgeois: Conscious and Unconscious, 2012 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated in colour, p. 43).
Madrid, La Casa Encendida, Louise Bourgeois: HONNI soit QUI mal y pense, 2012-2013, p. 153, no. 39 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated in colour, p. 113).
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Louise Bourgeois: I Have Been to Hell and Back, 2015, pp. 43 and 283, no. 25 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated in colour, p. 54). This exhibition later travelled to Málaga, Picasso Museum.
Wakefield, The Hepworth Wakefield, Disobedient Bodies: JW Anderson Curates The Hepworth Wakefield, 2017, p. 123, no. 35 (illustrated in colour, p. 36).
Southend-on-Sea, Focal Point Gallery, In Other Worlds: Acts of Translation, 2025.
Gyeonggi-do, Ho-am Museum of Art, Louise Bourgeois: Evanescent and Eternal, 2025-2026 (another from the edition exhibited).
Trondheim, Posten Moderne, Echo of the Morning, 2026 (another from the edition exhibited).
New York, Hauser & Wirth, Louise Bourgeois: Gathering Wool, 2025-2026 (another from the edition exhibited).
New York, Cheim & Read, Louis Bourgeois: Echo, 2008, pp. 34, 36 and 38 (another from the edition exhibited; illustrated in colour, pp. 37 and 39; detail illustrated in colour, p. 35).
Seoul, Kukje Gallery, Louise Bourgeois: Les Fleurs, 2010, p. 101, no. 14 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated in colour, pp. 64-65; installation view illustrated in colour, p. 68).
Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art, 17th Biennale of Sydney, The Beauty of Distance: Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age, 2010, p. 338 (another from the edition exhibited).
Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Louise Bourgeois, 2011 (another from the edition exhibited). This exhibition later travelled to Edmonton, National Gallery of Alberta and Toronto, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art.
Doha, QMA Gallery, Qatar Museums, Louise Bourgeois: Conscious and Unconscious, 2012 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated in colour, p. 43).
Madrid, La Casa Encendida, Louise Bourgeois: HONNI soit QUI mal y pense, 2012-2013, p. 153, no. 39 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated in colour, p. 113).
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Louise Bourgeois: I Have Been to Hell and Back, 2015, pp. 43 and 283, no. 25 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated in colour, p. 54). This exhibition later travelled to Málaga, Picasso Museum.
Wakefield, The Hepworth Wakefield, Disobedient Bodies: JW Anderson Curates The Hepworth Wakefield, 2017, p. 123, no. 35 (illustrated in colour, p. 36).
Southend-on-Sea, Focal Point Gallery, In Other Worlds: Acts of Translation, 2025.
Gyeonggi-do, Ho-am Museum of Art, Louise Bourgeois: Evanescent and Eternal, 2025-2026 (another from the edition exhibited).
Trondheim, Posten Moderne, Echo of the Morning, 2026 (another from the edition exhibited).
New York, Hauser & Wirth, Louise Bourgeois: Gathering Wool, 2025-2026 (another from the edition exhibited).
Further Details
Another from the edition is held in the Collection of Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul.
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Claudia Schürch
Senior Specialist