Pillar Artist: Louise Bourgeois (American, born France, 1911–2010)

1947–49

Modern and Contemporary Art

On view, 3rd floor, Modern and Contemporary Art and Design
Medium

Wood and stainless steel with paint

Dimensions

61 1/2 × 12 × 12 in. (156.21 × 30.48 × 30.48 cm)

Credit Line

Purchased by benefaction from the Collection Société Anonyme and with the Katharine Ordway Fund

Accession Number

2009.57.1

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Sculpture

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Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions 2009," in "State of the Art: Contemporary Sculpture," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009), 163, 168, ill
  • Marie-Laure Bernadac, Louise Bourgeois (Paris: Flammarion, 1996), p. 61, ill
  • Jeremy Strick, Louise Bourgeois: The Personages, exh. cat. (St. Louis: Saint Louis Art Museum, 1994), cat. 14, p. 51, ill
  • Deborah Wye, Louise Bourgeois, exh. cat. (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1982), p. 58, pl. 51, ill
  • Michel Seuphor, The Sculpture of This Century (New York: George Braziller, 1959), p. 240, ill
Object copyright
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
In Copyright
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Subject

Women artists

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