Louise Bourgeois Art
American, French, 1911-2010
Louise Joséphine Bourgeois was a French-American artist. Although she is best known for her large-scale sculpture and installation art, Bourgeois was also a prolific painter and printmaker. She explored a variety of themes throughout her long career, including domesticity and the family, sexuality and the body, as well as death and the unconscious. These themes connect to events from her childhood, which she considered to be a therapeutic process. Although Bourgeois exhibited with the Abstract Expressionists and her work has much in common with Surrealism and Feminist art, she was not formally affiliated with a particular artistic movement.
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Artist: Louise Bourgeois
Louise Bourgeois, I Have Been to Hell and Back (Red): Embroidered Handkerchief
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in Hamburg, DE
Louise Bourgeois (French-American, 1911-2010)
I Have Been to Hell and Back (Red), 2009
Medium: Embroidery and silkscreen on 100% cotton handkerchief
Dimensions: 29.2 × 30.5 cm (11 1/...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Fabric, Screen
The Hour Is Devoted to Revenge -- Letterpress, Lithograph, Text Art by Bourgeois
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in London, GB
The Hour Is Devoted to Revenge, 1999
Louise Bourgeois
Letterpress and lithograph in colours, on two sheets of smooth wove Arches
Signed and inscribed A/P
An artist’s proof aside fro...
Category
1990s Feminist Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Lithograph
Louise Bourgeois, Be Calm (from Recueil des Secrets)
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in Hamburg, DE
Louise Bourgeois (French-American, 1911-2010)
Be Calm (from Recueil des Secrets de Louise Bourgeois), 2005
Medium: Drypoint with selective wiping, on wove paper
Dimensions: 18.8 x 12...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Louise Bourgeois, The Reticent Child (Ex Libris): Signed Print, Contemporary Art
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in Hamburg, DE
Louise Bourgeois (French-American, 1911-2010)
The Reticent Child (Ex Libris), 2005
Medium: Offset print with embossing in colors, on wove paper (incl. the book Recueil des Secrets de...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Feminist Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Offset
A Flower In the Forest, from The Geldzahler Portfolio
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in London, GB
Lithograph in colours, 1997, on Rives BFK paper, signed with initials in pencil, numbered from the edition of 75 (there were also 15 artist’s proofs), printed by Solo Impressions, In...
Category
1990s Abstract Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Lithograph
I Have Been to Hell and Back Handkerchief (Blue)
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in New York, NY
Louise Bourgeois
I Have Been to Hell and Back Handkerchief (Blue), 2009
Embroidery on 100% cotton handkerchief
Signed in plate, hand numbe...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Cotton, Textile, Mixed Media
I Have Been to Hell and Back, Limited Edition Handkerchief (Red) Tate Gallery
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in New York, NY
Louise Bourgeois
I Have Been to Hell and Back Handkerchief, 2007
Embroidery on 100% Cotton Handkerchief
With the artist's silkscreened initiala
Han...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Cotton, Thread, Paper, Mixed Media, Offset, Screen
Limited Edition numbered Italian Blue Ceramic Plate for Dallas Texas restaurant
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in New York, NY
Louise Bourgeois
Limited Edition Ceramic Plate depicting Malloreddus alla Sarda, Dallas Texas, 1998
Ceramic Plate
10 in diameter
Edition 457/1000 (read description; the edition was not completed)
Unframed (Stand shown is not included)
Makes a memorable gift! This striking, rare limited edition, signed and numbered bowl/plate was handmade in southern Italy by master artisans near Vietri sul Mare. It was designed by renowned American artist Louise Bourgeois. From the late 1990s through the millenium, Buon Ricordo...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Screen, Mixed Media
The Bad Mother
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in New York, NY
BOURGEOIS, Louise
The Bad Mother, 2004
Edition 3 of 3 PP, aside from numbered edition of 12
Drypoint with handcoloring, signed and inscribed in pencil
17 x 15 in.
$12,000
Category
Early 2000s Feminist Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Drypoint
The Reticent Child (Ex Libris) -- Print, Text, Feminist Art by Louise Bourgeois
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in London, GB
The Reticent Child (Ex Libris), 2005
Louise Bourgeois
Lithograph with embossing in colours, on wove
Signed and numbered from the edition of 300
Printed by Martin Kätelhön, Cologne
P...
Category
Early 2000s Feminist Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in Washington , DC, DC
Double sided page produced as part of a special art insert from a well respected art publication
Category
1980s Contemporary Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Landscape with a Mountain Lake - Original etching with aquatint
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in Paris, IDF
Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010)
Landscape with a Mountain Lake
Original etching with aquatint
Unsigned
On vellum 60.5 × 73.5 cm (c. 24 x 29 in)
Authenticated with the blind stamp of Chalcographie du...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Embracing the Tree
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in New York, NY
Louise BOURGEOIS
"Embracing the Tree" (2000)
Drypoint, edition 14 of 25
Image: 11 13/16 x 19 15/16 in.
Sheet: 19 1/2 x 16 in.
Framed: 21 1/2 x 18 x 1 1/2 in. ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Drypoint
Red Room (Parents) detail, coveted limited edition double sided pillowcase art
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in New York, NY
Louise Bourgeois
Red Room (Parents) detail (double sided work), 2009
Screenprint and embroidery on two sided pillowcase with plate signature, artist's copyright and printed name
21 ×...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Textile, Screen
Crochet V
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in New York, NY
From Louise Bourgeois Crochet Series I-V
Mixografia printed in red on handmade paper
Initialed in pencil and numbered 49/50
Framed
Sheet size is 33.5 x 28 inches
Framed size is 37....
Category
1990s Post-War Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Handmade Paper
Inner Life
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in Washington , DC, DC
This work is included in the collection of MoMA NY which was donated by the artist. From a limited edition of 2000
Artist’s Remarks:"This is like a snake plant...
Category
1980s Abstract Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Lithograph
Sheaves
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in Washington , DC, DC
This work is included in the collection of MoMA NY, which was donated by the artist. From a limited edition of 2000
Artist’s Remarks: When discussing the untitled 1950 related drawi...
Category
1980s Abstract Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Lithograph
The Small Hours -- Letterpress, Lithograph, Text Art by Louise Bourgeois
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in London, GB
The Hour Is Devoted to Revenge, 1999
Louise Bourgeois
Letterpress and lithograph in colours, on two sheets of smooth wove Arches
Signed and inscribed A/P
An artist’s proof aside fro...
Category
1990s Feminist Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Lithograph
We Love You, drawing on mixed media engraving signed & inscribed unique variant
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in New York, NY
Louise Bourgeois
We Love You, 2000
Mixed Media Engraving and watercolor with unique Ink drawing on Fabriano Paper
7 × 11 1/10 inches
Unique Variant with origi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Engraving, Mixed Media, Pencil, Graphite
Champfleurette, the white cat
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in New York, NY
Louise Bourgeois
Champfleurette, the white cat, 1994
Drypoint, etching and aquatint, edition of 22
18 1/2 x 25 in.
Category
1990s Feminist Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Aquatint, Etching
Untitled
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A work by Louise Bourgeois. "Untitled" is a contemporary glass hologram in red by French female artist Louise Bourgeois. The work is unsigned.
Louise Bourgeois was born in Paris in 1...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Glass
Metamorfosis
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in New York, NY
Portfolio with complete text, 5 drypoint prints with etching and aquatint and numerous illustrations on Rives BFK. The sheets are loose as issued and in superb condition. One from a ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph
Repairs in the Sky -- Letterpress, Lithograph, Text Art by Louise Bourgeois
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in London, GB
Repairs in the Sky, 1999
Louise Bourgeois
Letterpress and lithograph in colours, on two sheets of smooth wove paper
Signed and numbered from the edition of 25 (plus 14 A.P.)
From Wh...
Category
1990s Feminist Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Lithograph
Storm at Saint Honoré
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in New York, NY
Richly-inked and superb impression of this engraving and drypoint on cream wove paper. This is the eighth state (of 8). Signed, dated and numbered 28/100 in pencil by Bourgeois. Publ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Engraving, Drypoint, Lithograph
Dismemberment -- Print, Portrait, Woman, Nude, Feminist Art by Louise Bourgeois
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in London, GB
Dismemberment, 1994
Louise Bourgeois
Drypoint and roulette, on smooth Somerset wove paper
Signed and numbered from the edition of 44
Fourth and final state
Printed by Harlan & Weaver, New York
Published by Peter Blum Edition, New York
Plate: 17.6 × 12.6 cm (6.9 × 4.9 in)
Sheet: 52 × 37.7 cm (20.5 × 14.8 in)
Literature: MoMA Cat. No. 652/IV
"This is a self-portrait as a helpless, defenceless woman. She has no arms... she is like the harmless women in sculpture. The protecting hand has been cut off. Maybe women are just poor creatures... there is always the fear of being inadequate... of not being able to take care of oneself. It is a permanent feeling. There is the need to defend oneself... then she would be afraid for the children. I always felt that I could not defend myself because I could not understand what motivates people... I still feel that way."
In reference to the game of marbles (being played by the hand at bottom right, most easily seen in state IV), Bourgeois said: "There is always someone to trick her... someone always wins. This is the desperate art of self-defense.... But even if someone cut her, she would not lose her dignity... she would still stand there in full self-assurance. She tries to put herself back together through her beauty... through her hair. You can land on your feet if you are beautiful...
Category
1990s Feminist Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Drypoint
Untitled (Double-sided ink on board)
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Double-sided work
Dated: 1951 recto; 1968 verso
Signed on both sides
Robert Miller Gallery, New York Cheim & Read, New York Art Advisory Services, Inc., New York, Current Owner
Category
Late 20th Century Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Illustration Board, Ink
Homely Girl, A Life. By Arthur Miller.
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in New York, NY
BOURGEOIS, Louise. Homely Girl, A Life. By Arthur Miller. With 10 drypoints by Bourgeois. Two volumes. Folio, original beige half morocco over grey cloth, preserved in a grey c...
Category
1990s Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Paper
Louise Bourgeois "Be Calm" Limited Edition Ceramic Dish
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in New York, NY
Louise Bourgeois
Be Calm Butter or Trinket Dish, 2017
Screenprint on Ceramic
6 × 4 × 1 inches
Unframed
Stamped by artist's estate, bears printed copyright and name stamp of The Easto...
Category
2010s Contemporary Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Ceramic, Screen
Portfolio Metamorfosis I
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Portfolio Metamorfosis I. Original 7 etching, one with collage, 1999. Edition of 25 signed and numbered impressions on Arches paper. The entire portfolio is for sale.
Louise Bourgeoi...
Category
1990s Post-Modern Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Etching
The Songs of the Blacks and the Blues
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in Ljubljana, SI
The Songs of the Blacks and the Blues. Original color lithograph, woodcut, gouache and oil-stick editions, 1996. Edition of 40 signed and numbered impressions on Arches paper.
Louise...
Category
1990s Post-Modern Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Gouache, Lithograph, Woodcut
Arched Figure
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in New York, NY
Louise Bourgeois
Arched Figure, 1993
drypoint, edition of 50
15 5/8 x 22 in. / 39.7 x 55.9 cm
Category
1990s Abstract Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Drypoint
Where I Live
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in New York, NY
Louise Bourgeois
Where I Live, 2001-2007
drypoint on hemmed cloth, edition of 2 PP aside from the numbered edition of 12
20 1/4 x 16 1/4 in. / 51.4 x 41.3 cm
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Drypoint
Caryatid
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in New York, NY
Louise Bourgeois
Caryatid, 2001
lithograph on Okawara paper, ed. of 10
36 x 36 in. (91.4 x 91.4 cm)
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in Washington , DC, DC
Double sided page produced as part of a special art insert from a well respected art publication
Category
1980s Contemporary Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Glass Object
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in New York, NY
Image: 10 1/8 x 6 7/8 in.
Sheet: 17 x 15 in.
Category
Early 2000s Feminist Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Drypoint
Together (portfolio)
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in New York, NY
Portfolio of 6 drypoints and engravings, edition of 15
sheet (ea. approx.): 17 1/8 x 14 15/16" (43.5 x 38 cm)
portfolio: 17 11/16 × 15 5/8 × 11/16" (45 × 39.7 × 1.8 cm)
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Etching, Drypoint
La Réparation
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in New York, NY
Portfolio with 7 compositions: all drypoints, 2
with engraving, 2 with engraving and aquatint
Edition of 35
Printed and published by Harlan & Weaver, New York
Category
Early 2000s Louise Bourgeois Art
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint, Engraving
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- 1stDibs ExpertAugust 26, 2024No, Louise Bourgeois was not a Surrealist artist. Although her work has much in common with Surrealist and Feminist art, she was not formally affiliated with a particular artistic movement. She explored a variety of themes throughout her career, including domesticity, the family, sexuality, the body, death and the unconscious. On 1stDibs, find a selection of Louise Bourgeois art.