Louise Bourgeois
Spira l
Cheim & Read
Untitled 1947 ink and charcoal on paper 8 x 5 in 20.3 x 12.7 cm 8
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Spiral Woman 1951–52 painted wood and stainless steel 50 x 12 x 12 in 127 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm 12
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[…] I am possessed by rage how does it feel – rage or anger is extensible it grows […] or it diminishes – it expands and it retracts, it advances and it retires like waves – it is oriented like a bolting horse but even in its raging race it can be directed driven like a car at 110 an hour it makes the possessed extremely receptive, I am hungry I am thirsty I consume I don’t get a cold when I am angry and I need space I pace up and down the whole house big distances covered all the windows are thrown open all the lights are turned on – the writing on the page is large the drawings (double page of the journal) no expense is too large, the drawing starts with a jab and goes round and round larger and larger faster and faster like the children who swirl faster and faster –
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Untitled 1951 ink on graph paper 11 x 8 ½ in 27.9 x 21.6 cm 15
Spiral/Summer 1960 plaster 14 x 21 in 35.6 x 53.3 cm 16
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Labyrinthine Tower 1962 bronze 18 x 12 x 10 ½ in 45.7 x 30.5 x 26.7 cm 18
Lair 1962 bronze, painted white 22 x 22 x 22 in 55.9 x 55.9 x 55.9 cm 20
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Lair 1963 latex 9 ½ x 16 ¾ x 14 ⅜ in 24.1 x 42.5 x 36.5 cm 22
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Rondeau for L 1963 plaster 11 x 11 x 10 ½ in 27.9 x 27.9 x 26.7 cm 24
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Untitled 1968 ink on paper 14 x 11 in 35.6 x 27.9 cm 26
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Resin Eight 1965 resin over hemp 2 x 7 x 2 ½ in 5.1 x 17.8 x 6.4 cm 28
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Untitled 1969 pencil and crayon on paper 12 x 9 in 30.5 x 22.9 cm 30
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In and Out 1970 gouache on paper 22 x 32 in 55.9 x 81.3 cm 32
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