Spider (Bourgeois)
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One edition at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C.
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| Artist | Louise Bourgeois |
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| Year | 1996 |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Dimensions | 2.82 m × 8.33 m × 7.9 m (9 ft 3 in × 27 ft 4 in × 26 ft) |
Spider is a sculpture by Louise Bourgeois.[1] Executed in 1996 as an edition of six and cast in 1997; bronze with a silver nitrate patina, with the first of the edition being steel.[2]
An example was acquired by the Denver Art Museum for its new addition in 2006.[3] Other locations in permanent collections include the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden, Washington DC,[4] and the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri.[5]
Exhibitions
The steel Spider was exhibited at Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal from April to September, 1996.[2] Various editions of this artwork have traveled extensively, including an example shown at the Hermitage Museum in 2001.[6]
Art market
In 2006, Bourgeois became the highest-paid living woman artist after a Spider sold for $4 million at Christie's in London; which was surpassed in 2008, when another Spider sold for $4.5 million.[7] A new record price for the artist was achieved when Spider number two acquired from Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, was auctioned by a private collector with an estimate of $4 million to $6 million. The price realized at Christie's on 8 November 2011 was $10,722,500.[2] This is the highest price paid for an artwork by a woman artist at the time.[8]
See also
References
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- ↑ Felix Kessler (May 31, 2010), Louise Bourgeois, Sculptor of Freaky Giant Spiders, Dies at 98 Bloomberg.
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