La tapisserie de mon enfance—montains in Aubusson (The Tapestry of My Childhood—Mountains in Aubusson)
1947
Louise Bourgeois
Artist, American, born France, 1911 - 2010
Artwork overview
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Medium
brush and black ink with gouache on wove paper
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of William H. G. FitzGerald, Desmond FitzGerald, and B. Francis Saul II)
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Dimensions
sheet: 48.26 × 30.48 cm (19 × 12 in.)
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Accession Number
2014.136.212
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The Honorable William H.G. FitzGerald, Mr. Desmond FitzGerald, and Mr. B. Francis Saul II, c/o The New York Studio School; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1978; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2015
Louis Bourgeois: No Exit, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2015-2016
Focus on the Corcoran: Works on Paper, 1860-1990, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2015
Bibliography
1983
Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 207, no. 1395.
Inscriptions
upper center verso in graphite: To Mercedes and the / New York Studio School - 1973. / La tapisserie de mon enfance - / montains in Aubusson - / drawing: 1947; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: N
Wikidata ID
Q64594038