List of artworks by Louise Bourgeois explained

This is a list of individual works of visual art (sculpture, drawings, and paintings) by Louise Bourgeois, sorted by year.

Sculpture

• Quarantania (1941). Seven wooden pine elements on a wooden base. 84 3/4 × 31 1/4 × 29 1/4 inches
• Paddle Woman (1947). Bronze. 57.75 × 16.25 × 12 inches.^[1]
• The Three Graces (1947). Bronze, painted white. 81 × 25 × 12 inches.
• Persistent Antagonism (1947–1949). Painted wood with metal ring. 68 × 12 × 12 inches. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.^[2]
• The Blind Leading the Blind (1947–1949). Bronze, dark patina. 69.25 × 69 × 23 inches.
• Untitled (1947–1949). Bronze, painted white and black. 64 × 12 × 12 inches.
• Observer (ca. 1947–1949). Painted Wood. 76.5 inches high^[3]
• Quarantania (1947–1953). Bronze, painted white and blue. 80.5 × 27 × 27 inches.
• Sleeping Figure (ca. 1950). Balsa Wood 72.5 × 11.625 × 11.75
• Friendly Evidence (ca. 1950). painted wood. 75 inches high
• One and Others (1955). Painted and stained wood. 18 5/8 x 20 x 16 7/8 inches^[4]
• Clutching (1962). Bronze, silver nitrate patina. 12 × 13 × 12 inches.
• End of Softness (1967). Bronze, gold patina. 7 × 20.3.75 × 15.25 inches.
• Germinal (1967). Bronze, gold patina. 5.625 × 7.375 × 6.25 inches.
• Unconscious Landscape (1967–1968). Bronze. 12 × 22 × 24 inches.
• Fillette (1968). Latex. Approximately 24 inches long.^[5]
• Janus in Leather Jacket (1968). Bronze. 12 × 22 × 6.5 inches.
• Avenza Revisited II (1968–1969). Bronze, black polished patina. 51.5 × 41 × 75.5 inches.
• Le Trani Episode (1971). Bronze, dark patina. 16.5 × 23.125 × 23.25 inches.
• Number Seventy-two (The No March) (1972). Marble. 120 × 120 × 84 inches. Storm King Art Center Collection.
• Maisons Fragiles (1978). Steel, two units. 84 × 27 × 14 inches & 72 × 27 × 14 inches. Cheim & Read, New York.
• Nature Study (1984). Bronze. 47 × 12 × 12 inches.
• Nature Study, Eyes (1984). marble, steel and wood. 20 × 45½ × 31½" (50.8 × 115.57 × 80.01 cm). Albright-Knox Art Gallery Collection ^[6]
• She-Fox (1985). Marble. Approximately 6 feet high.
• Untitled (Fingers) (1986). Bronze. 4 × 8.5 × 18.5 inches.
• Untitled (With Hand) (1989). Pink marble. 31 × 30.5 × 21 inches. Private collection, Jerry Gorovy; New York City.
• Curved House (1990). Marble. 14 × 37 × 13 inches. (BOUR-2228) CR# BO.2246.
• J'y suis, j'y reste (1990). Pink marble, glass, and metal. 35 × 40.5 × 31 inches. (BOUR-1790) CR# BO.574.
• Cove, 1988 (cast 1992). Bronze, 66 x 36 x 20 in. (167.6 x 91.4 x 50.8 cm). Collection Landing, Nasher Sculpture Center.^[7]
• Cell (Arch of Hysteria) (1992–1993). Steel, bronze, cast iron, and fabric. 119 × 145 × 120 inches. Centro Andaluz de Arte Collection.
• Arch of Hysteria (1993). Bronze, polished patina. 84 x 101.5 x 58.5 centimeters.^[8]
• Helping Hands (Tribute to Jane Addams) (1993) Sculpture Garden - 5 pieces of carved black granite hands that sit on six rough-hewn stone pedestals. Relocated to Chicago Women's Park & Gardens, 1801 S Indiana Ave., Chicago, IL in 2011 | https://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks-facilities/helping-hands-artwork |
• Spider (1994). Steel, glass, water, and ink. 44.76 × 77.95 × 64.76 inches. Private collection.
• The Nest (1994). Steel. 101 × 189 × 158 inches. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
• In and Out (1995). Metal, glass, plaster, fabric, plastic. 83 × 65 × 113 inches. (BOUR-2335) CR# BO.2794.
• Spider (1996) Bronze cast with silver nitrate patina. 9 ft. 3 in. x 27 ft. 4 in. x 26 ft. National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden^[9]
• Untitled (No. 2) (1996). Pink marble on steel base. 26 × 31 × 25 inches. (BOUR-3105) CR# BO.1049. .
• "Couple II" (1996), fabric and knee brace. 27 × 60 × 32 inches. Albright-Knox Art Gallery Collection
• Eye Benches I, II and III (1996-1997), Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, Washington
• Eyes, 1997 (1997), Tjuvholmen Sculpture Park, Oslo, Norway^[10]
• Pink Days and Blue Days (1997) Steel, fabric, wood, bone, rubber, glass, and mixed media. 117 × 87 × 87 inches
• Ears (1998). Pink marble. 39.5 × 28.5 × 72 inches. (BOUR-3424) CR# BO.5179.
• Maman (1999). Steel, marble (one unit); bronze, marble (six units).^[11] 365 × 351 × 403 inches.
• Cell × (Portrait) (2000). Steel, glass, wood, red fabric. 76.75 × 48.25 × 48.25 inches. (BOUR-4278) CR# BO.4201.
• Cell XIV (Portrait) (2000). Steel, glass, wood, metal, red fabric. 74 × 48 × 48 inches. (BOUR-4309) CR# BO.4398.
• Cell XV (For Turner) (2000). Steel, painted aluminum, mirrors, glass, water, electrical light. 108 × 120 × 68 inches. (BOUR-3259) CR# BO.4399.
• Mamelles (2000). Pink marble. 27 × 114 × 29.5 inches. (BOUR-4043) CR# BO.6723.
• Temper Tantrum (2000). Pink fabric. 9 × 13 × 20 inches. (BOUR-4284) CR# BO.4216.
• Cell XXIV (Portrait) (2001). Steel, stainless steel, glass, wood, fabric. 70 × 42 × 42 inches. (BOUR-4480) CR# BO.5493.
• Cell XXV(The View of the World of the Jealous Wife) (2001). Steel, wood, marble, glass, fabric. 100 × 120 × 120 inches. (BOUR-4728) CR# BO.5680.
• Rejection (2001). Fabric, lead, steel. 25 × 13 × 12 inches. (BOUR-4588) CR# BO.5497.
• Eyes (nine elements) (2001). Williams College Museum of Art.^[12]
• Seven in a Bed (2001). Fabric, stainless steel, glass, wood. 68 × 33.5 × 34.5 inches. (BOUR-5005) CR# BO.6002.
• Untitled (2001). Fabric, steel. 11 × 27 × 21 inches. (BOUR-4746) CR# BO.5686.
• Untitled (2001). Blue and purple fabric, steel. 85 × 12 × 12 inches. (BOUR-4731) CR# BO.5687.
• Untitled (2001). Rust and tan fabric, steel. 106 × 23 × 16 inches. BOUR-4732) CR# BO.5688.
• Untitled (2002). Fabric, steel, wood. 14 × 15 × 6 inches. (BOUR-5386) CR# BO.6766.
• Untitled (2002). Tapestry fabric, stainless steel. 74.5 × 15 × 12 inches. (BOUR-5637) CR# BO.7400.
• Untitled (2002). Fabric, aluminum. 12 × 12 × 12 inches. (BOUR-5812) CR# BO.7996.
• Untitled (2002). Pink marble. 10 × 36.25 × 16.5 inches. (BOUR-5347) CR# BO.8272.
• Crouching Spider (2003). Bronze and stainless steel. 106½ × 329 × 247 inches (270.5 × 835.6 × 627.3 cm).^[13]
• Father and Son (2005). Water, steel, aluminum, bronze. 6 feet tall and 5 feet tall figures in a fountain. Installed in Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, Washington

Drawings

• Femme Maison (1947). Ink on paper. 9.92 × 7.09 inches. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 92.4008 .
• Spider (1947). Ink, charcoal on tan paper. 11.25 × 7.5 inches. Private collection.
• Untitled (1947). Pencil and red ink on tan paper. 11.5 × 9 inches. (BOUR-0839) CR# BO.4721.
• Untitled (1947). Ink on tan paper. 11.25 × 8.25 inches. (BOUR-0841) CR# BO.4723.
• Untitled (1950). Ink on tan paper. 20.25 × 13 inches. University of California, Berkeley Art Museum
• Untitled (1970). Ink and collage on paper. 8.5 × 11 inches. (BOUR-0590) CR# BO.2868.
• Naked Jogging (1996). Red ink on paper. 11.625 × 9 inches. (BOUR-5597) CR# BO.8151.
• Father and Son (1997). Ink and pencil on paper. 9 × 11.875. (BOUR-5434) CR# BO.6862.
• Swing over the Metronome (1997). Ink and crayon on paper. 13 × 10 inches. (BOUR-5873) CR# BO.8163.
• Untitled (1997). Ink, watercolor, and pencil on paper. 12 × 9 inches. (BOUR-5883) CR# BO.8165.
• Untitled (1997). Double-sided, recto: watercolor, oilstick, and pencil on paper; verso: ink and pencil on music paper. 8.5 × 11 inches. (BOUR-5427) CR# BO.6855.
• Untitled (1997). Ink, crayon, pencil, and white out on paper. 11.75 × 9 inches. (BOUR-5614) CR# BO.8156.
• Hold My Bones (1998). Pencil and gouache on red paper. 12.75 × 12.75 inches. (BOUR-5879) CR# BO.8164.
• J'aime bien mes amis et mon mari (1998). Red ink and pencil on paper. 9 × 12 inches. (BOUR-5607) CR# BO.8154.
• Untitled (2002). Red ink and pencil on paper. 12 × 9 inches. (BOUR-5760) CR# BO.7450.
• Untitled (2002). Red ink on paper. 9 × 12 inches. (BOUR-5758) CR# BO.7448.
• Untitled (2002). Crayon and colored pencil on paper. 12 × 18.75 inches. (BOUR-5786) CR# BO.8157.
• Untitled (2002). Red ink and pencil on paper. 9 × 11.625 inches. (BOUR-5556) CR# BO.8138.
• Untitled (2002). Red ink and colored pencil on paper. 13.25 × 9.5 inches. (BOUR-5926) CR# BO.8168.
• Yes (2004). Soft-ground etching, reworked with watercolor, gouache, and colored pencil: sheet, 22 5/8 × 21 1/2 inches. Edition of 12^[14]
• Spider Woman (2005). Drypoint: plate, 6 7/8 × 9 1/2 inches; sheet, 13 1/2 × 13 1/2 inches. Edition of 25
• Spiral Woman (2006). Double-sided soft-ground etching with watercolor, gouache, crayon, and graphite: plate, 6 × 6 5/8 inches; sheet, 10 13/16 × 14 3/4 inches. Unique
• Untitled (1946). Oil, charcoal, and pastel on canvas. 36 × 24.125 inches. (BOUR-2703) CR# BO.1523.
• Untitled (1946). Oil and chalk on canvas. 44 × 22 inches. (BOUR-0031) CR# BO.1515.
• Regrettable Incident in the Louvre Palace (1947). Oil on canvas. 14.125 × 36 inches. (BOUR-0800) CR# BO.7908.
• It Is Six Fifteen (1946–1948). Oil on canvas. 36 × 24 inches. (BOUR-0028) CR# BO.519.
• Woman in Process of Placing a Beam in Her Bag (1948). Oil on canvas. 44 × 25.75 inches. (BOUR-0026) CR# BO.1514.
• Spider (1994). Watercolor and gouache on paper. 11.5 × 11.75 inches. Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne.
• Maternal Man, 2008 Archival dyes on fabric 48 × 32 1/2 in 121.9 × 82.6 cm.^[15]

Other

• The Destruction of the Father (1974). Assemblage.
• I do, I undo, I redo (2000). Steel. Installation at Tate Modern Turbine Hall, London.^[16]
• The Damned, The Possessed and The Beloved (2011). Architectural installation for the Steilneset Memorial monument in Vardø, Norway.^[17]

Notes and references

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Artist Page : Louise Bourgeois . at Cheim & Read, (Representatives of Louise Bourgeois)
2. [San Francisco Museum of Modern Art]
3. Gibson . Ann . 1994 . Louise Bourgeois's Retroactive Politics of Gender . Art Journal . 53 . 4 . 44–47 . 10.2307/777560 . 777560.
4. Web site: Louis Bourgeois : Images . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202180210/http://www.art21.org/artists/louise-bourgeois/images . 2 February 2014 . 23 January 2014 . Artists . .
5. Acocella . Joan . February 4, 2002 . The Spider's Web : Louise Bourgeois and her art . 23 January 2014 . The New Yorker.
6. http://www.albrightknox.org albrightknox.org
7. Web site: Collection Landing . 2021-09-30 . www.nashersculpturecenter.org.
8. Book: Storr, Robert . Louise Bourgeois . Phaidon Press Limited . 2003 . United Kingdom.
9. http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!338951~!0#focus Art Inventories
10. Web site: Astrup Fearnley Museet . 2021-01-09 . www.afmuseet.no.
11. Web site: Manchester . Elizabeth . December 2009 . Summary . 18 January 2014 . Louise Bourgeois : Maman 1999 . Tate, London.
12. [Williams College Museum of Art]
13. Web site: Crouching Spider by Louise Bourgeois . 22 January 2014 . Private collection. Courtesy Cheim and Read, New York . Philadelphia Museum of Art.
14. Web site: Louise Bourgeois . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141104165926/http://whitney.org/Collection/LouiseBourgeois . 4 November 2014 . 23 January 2014 . Collection . Whitney Museum of American Art.
15. Web site: Louise Bourgeois Maternal Man (2008) Available for Sale Artsy . 2021-10-14 . www.artsy.net.
16. Web site: The Unilever Series: Louise Bourgeois: I Do, I Undo, I Redo . Tate Modern.
17. Stephens . Suzanne . 1 August 2011 . Steilneset Memorial to the Victims of the Witch Trials. Peter Zumthor and Louise Bourgeois. Vardø, Norway . dead . . 199 . 8 . 36–40 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140203220859/http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/65455904/steilneset-memorial-victims-witch-trials-peter-zumthor-louise-bourgeois-vard-norway . 3 February 2014.