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Artist or Maker: Louise Bourgeois (b. 1911)

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Description: Black Flames
stamped with initials, number and date 'L.B. 6/6 91' (lower edge)
bronze with black patina on steel base
69 1/2 x 12 x 12 in. (176.5 x 30.4 x 30.4 cm.)
Conceived in 1947-1949 and cast in 1991. This work is number six from an edition of six plus one artist's proof.

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Provenance: Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne
Acquired from the above by the present owner

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Published: C. Meyer-Thoss, Louise Bourgeois: Designing For Free Fall, Zurich, 1992, p. 56 (another cast illustrated).
Louise Bourgeois Sculptures and Installations, exh. cat., Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover, 1994, pl. 8 (illustrated; another cast exhibited).
Escultura de Louise Bourgeois: La Eleganca de la Ironia, exh. cat., Museo de Art Contemporaneo de Monterrey, 1995, p. 48, no. 7 (illustrated; another cast exhibited).
T. Karjalainen, et. al., Louise Bourgeois, Helsinki, 1995, p. 82 (another cast illustrated).
M. Bernadac, Louise Bourgeois, Paris, 1996, p. 48 (another cast illustrated).
Louise Bourgeois: Homesickness, exh. cat., Yokohama Museum of Art, 1997, p. 53, no. 18 (illustrated; another cast exhibited).
R. Crone, et. al., Louise Bourgeois: The Secret of the Cells, Munich, 1998, p. 60 (another cast illustrated).
Louise Bourgeois: The Personages, exh. cat., C&M Arts, New York, 2001, no. 6 (illustrated; another cast exhibited).
Louise Bourgeois: The Early Work, exh. cat., Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002, p. 79 (illustrated; another cast exhibited).

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Notes: Property from a Distinguished European Private Collection

Please note that this work is attached to a steel base.