M is for Mother
1998
Artist, American, born France, 1911 - 2010
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and red ink with red colored pencil and graphite on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 22.9 x 29.8 cm (9 x 11 3/4 in.)
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Accession
2008.72.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Cheim & Read, New York); Dian Woodner, New York; gift to NGA, 2008.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2002
Louise Bourgeois: Recent Sculptures and Drawings, Beaumontpublic Luxembuourg, 2002-2003.
2005
Louise Bourgeois: Back and Forth, Kunthalle Wien, Vienna, 2005-2006.
2006
Louise Bourgeois: La Famille, Kunshalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, 2006.
2007
Louise Bourgeois: Retrospective, Tate Modern, London; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, 2007-2009.
2015
Louise Bourgeois: No Exit, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2015 - 2016, unnumbered catalogue.
2016
Louise Bourgeois: No Exit. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2016 (no cat.).
Bibliography
2005
Weiemair, Peter. Louis Bourgeois: Back and Forth. Exh. cat., Vienna Kunsthalle, Austria, 2005: 147, repro.
2008
Morris, Francis., et al. Louise Bourgeois. Exh. cat. Tate, London; Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; The Musuem of Contmeporary Art, Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., 2007-2009. London, 2007.
Bernadac, Marie-Laure., et al. Louise Bourgeois. Exh. cat. Tate, London; Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; The Musuem of Contmeporary Art, Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., 2007-2009. Paris, 2008.
Inscriptions
lower right in red colored pencil: LB
Wikidata ID
Q64594037