M is for Mother

1998

Louise Bourgeois

Associated Names
Louise Bourgeois

Artist, American, born France, 1911 - 2010

This image depicts flowing and swirling lines in predominantly red ink. An abstract form resembling a large, fluid wave or cascading curtain sweeps across the paper, reaching upward and curling delicately at the ends. A circular spiral shape is situated to the right of this form, along with a smaller spiral positioned slightly below it. Together, these elements create an abstract composition resembling stylized natural forms such as ocean waves or coiled tendrils.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and red ink with red colored pencil and graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dian Woodner

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 22.9 x 29.8 cm (9 x 11 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    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

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