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Artists›Louise Bourgeois

Louise Bourgeois

1911

WA-00006743

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

3372

Works in Collection

6756

Assets Indexed

Authority-backed Facts

Publications Referenced

80%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (1)

MoMA

Field Verification (4 fields)

2 cross-verified · 2 single-source

BiographyAi Generated + Gallery Generic· 72%✓
Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
LocationArtsy· 85%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (8)

Xavier-Hufkenshttps://www.xavierhufkens.com/artists
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Marianne-Boeskyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/louise-bourgeois
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/louise-bourgeois
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/louise-bourgeois
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
White-Cubehttps://www.artsy.net/artist/louise-bourgeois
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Hauser-Wirthhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/louise-bourgeois
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/710
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Paula-Cooper
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred60%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Louise Bourgeois yet.

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago Cleveland Museum of Art Whitney Museum of American Art Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (3372)

Untitled, no. 7 of 12, from the illustrated book, To Whom It May Concern

2010 · Digital print

page (each): 16 15/16 x 11 13/16" (43 x 30 cm); composition (spread): 16 15/16 x 23 5/8" (43 x 60 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled, no. 3 of 12, from the illustrated book, To Whom It May Concern

2010 · Digital print

page (each): 16 15/16 x 11 13/16" (43 x 30 cm); composition (spread): 16 15/16 x 23 5/8" (43 x 60 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled, no. 10 of 12, from the illustrated book, To Whom It May Concern

2010 · Digital print

page (each): 16 15/16 x 11 13/16" (43 x 30 cm); composition (spread): 16 15/16 x 23 5/8" (43 x 60 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled, no. 11 of 12, from the illustrated book, To Whom It May Concern

2010 · Digital print

page (each): 16 15/16 x 11 13/16" (43 x 30 cm); composition (spread): 16 15/16 x 23 5/8" (43 x 60 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled, no. 9 of 12, from the illustrated book, To Whom It May Concern

2010 · Digital print

page (each): 16 15/16 x 11 13/16" (43 x 30 cm); composition (spread): 16 15/16 x 23 5/8" (43 x 60 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled, no. 6 of 12, from the illustrated book, To Whom It May Concern

2010 · Digital print

page (each): 16 15/16 x 11 13/16" (43 x 30 cm); composition (spread): 16 15/16 x 23 5/8" (43 x 60 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled, no. 4 of 12, from the illustrated book, To Whom It May Concern

2010 · Digital print

page (each): 16 15/16 x 11 13/16" (43 x 30 cm); composition (spread): 16 15/16 x 23 5/8" (43 x 60 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled, no. 12 of 12, from the illustrated book, To Whom It May Concern

2010 · Digital print

page (each): 16 15/16 x 11 13/16" (43 x 30 cm); composition (spread): 16 15/16 x 23 5/8" (43 x 60 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled, no. 1 of 12, from the illustrated book, To Whom It May Concern

2010 · Digital print

page (each): 16 15/16 x 11 13/16" (43 x 30 cm); composition (spread): 16 15/16 x 23 5/8" (43 x 60 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled, no. 8 of 12, from the illustrated book, To Whom It May Concern

2010 · Digital print

page (each): 16 15/16 x 11 13/16" (43 x 30 cm); composition (spread): 16 15/16 x 23 5/8" (43 x 60 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled, no. 2 of 12, from the illustrated book, To Whom It May Concern

2010 · Digital print

page (each): 16 15/16 x 11 13/16" (43 x 30 cm); composition (spread): 16 15/16 x 23 5/8" (43 x 60 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled, no. 5 of 12, from the illustrated book, To Whom It May Concern

2010 · Digital print

page (each): 16 15/16 x 11 13/16" (43 x 30 cm); composition (spread): 16 15/16 x 23 5/8" (43 x 60 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

I Do

2010 · Digital print

sheet: 16 x 12" (40.6 x 30.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Les Fleurs

2010 · Photogravure

plate: 20 × 15 1/16" (50.8 × 38.2 cm); sheet: 26 3/4 × 19 7/8" (68 × 50.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

2010 · Drypoint and engraving

plate: 9 7/16 × 7 3/8" (23.9 × 18.7 cm); sheet: 13 13/16 × 10 7/8" (35.1 × 27.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Les Fleurs

2010 · Photogravure

plate: 19 × 11 5/16" (48.3 × 28.7 cm); sheet: 26 11/16 × 17 1/2" (67.8 × 44.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Les Fleurs

2010 · Photogravure

plate: 19 1/2 × 14 1/2" (49.6 × 36.9 cm); sheet: 26 11/16 × 20 1/16" (67.8 × 50.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Les Fleurs

2010 · Photogravure

sheet: 19 1/8 × 11 5/16" (48.5 × 28.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Good Mother, plate 17 of 24, from the series, Self Portrait

2009 · Drypoint

sheet: 15 1/2 x 12 1/2" (39.4 x 31.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Marriage, plate 5 of 24, from the series, Self Portrait

2009 · Drypoint

sheet: 15 1/2 x 12 1/2" (39.4 x 31.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Nature Study

2009 · Drypoint

plate: 8 7/8 x 6 5/16" (22.5 x 16 cm); sheet: 13 3/8 x 10 3/8" (34 x 26.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Nature Study

2009 · Drypoint

plate: 8 13/16 x 6 5/16" (22.4 x 16 cm); sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 7/16" (34.3 x 26.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Self Portrait

2009 · Fabric collage, with 2 drypoints, and stitching

overall: 33 3/4 × 47 3/4" (85.7 × 121.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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La Nausée, plate 22 of 24, from the series, Self Portrait

2009 · Drypoint

sheet: 15 1/2 x 12 1/2" (39.4 x 31.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (2)

996 published of 1000 catalogued · 941 with image

MoMA
992 publishedof 996 catalogued941 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
4 published

Record

Images

18 assets

Wikipedia

Artsy

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Relationships

Peers & Context8

Diane Arbusco-exhibited Lee Bontecouco-exhibited Franklin Williamsco-exhibited Nancy Grossmanco-exhibitedDavid Hammonsco-exhibitedMel Casasco-exhibited

Collections8

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago Tate Whitney Museum of American Art Christie's Cleveland Museum of Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

Represented by

Xavier Hufkens

Current

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

MASS MoCA

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Auction house

Christie's

Network

Related Artists

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Exhibition Louise Bourgeois

Exhibition Sixties Surreal