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LOUISE BOURGEOIS (1911-2010)
Give or Take (How Do You Feel This Morning?)
incised with the artist's initials and date 'LB. 90' (on the interior); stamped with the artist's foundry mark and number '25/40' (lower edge)
bronze
412 x 9 x 514 in. (11.4 x 22.9 x 13.3 cm.)
Executed in 1990. This work is number 25 from an edition of 40 plus 13 artist's proofs.
Provenance
New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, courtesy of the artist
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1991
Literature
C. Kotik, T. Sultan and C. Leigh, Louise Bourgeois: The Locus of Memory, 1982-1993, New York, 1994, p. 110 (another example illustrated).
F. Morris, Louise Bourgeois, with essays by Paulo Herkenhoff, Julia Kristeva, Donald Kuspit, Elisabeth Lebovici, Mignon Nixon, Linda Nochlin, Alex Potts, Rob Storr, et al. London, 2007, p. 313 (another example illustrated).
D. Wye, ed., Louise Bourgeois: The Complete Prints & Books, New York, 2018, cat. no. 1450 (another example illustrated).
Exhibited
Denver, Metropolitan State College, Louise Bourgeois: Selections from the Ginny Williams Collection, March-April 2004 (another example exhibited).
London, Tate Modern; Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Louise Bourgeois: Retrospective, October 2007-January 2008 (another example exhibited).
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