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Inv. n°: CL97

Nest of Five

Engraved and dated on tubes ‘LB 78’. B0URG35C85. 1 of 2 variants. Modernism, Feminist Art.

h. 28.5 x w. 131 x d. 44 cm
1978
Steel and wood

Provenance

  • Louise Bourgeois Studio
  • Private Collection, Switzerland
  • Louise Bourgeois Trust
  • Acquired at Hauser & Wirth and Schimmel, Los Angeles, 2017

Publications

  • T. Kellein, Louise Bourgeois. La Famille, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter König, Cologne, 01/01/2006, p. 130, ill., p. 216, listed
  • Ellen G. Landau & Joan M. Marter, Abstract Expressionists: The Women, London, 2023, pp. 68-69, p. 236
  • Palazzo Medici Riccardi: Sergio Risaliti, Roberta Masucci, Valentina Zucchi, Lucia Mannini, Passione Novecento: da Paul Klee a Damien Hirst, Florence, 2022, p. XX, p. 147, p. 153
  • Y. Shionoiri, "Carving Out Space: Contextualizing Female-Presenting Perspectives in Modern and Contemporary Sculpture", FAMM - Female Artists of the Mougins Museum, France, Merrel and FAMM, May 1, 2025, p.172

Exhibitions

  • Louise Bourgeois. La Famille, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, March 12, 2006 12:00 AM — June 5, 2006 12:00 AM
  • Passione Novecento. Opere da collezioni privati, Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence, Italy, September 24, 2022 12:00 AM — January 15, 2023 12:00 AM

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