Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010), Tadpole

Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010)
Tadpole
signed and embossed with the artist's initials 'LB' (lower right) ; titled 'tad pole' (on the interior of the folded sheet); inscribed 'thedoghouse' (on the reverse)
gouache and watercolor on folded paper
5 ¼ x 12 1/8 in. (13.3 x 30.8 cm.)
Executed in 1997.

Provenance
Cheim & Read, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Pre-Lot Text
Contemporary Drawings Collected by Martina Yamin

Exhibited
Wellesley, Massachusetts, Wellesley College, Davis Museum, "Don't Look," Contemporary Drawings from Martina Yamin's Collection, September-December 2007, September-December 2007, pp. 28 and 29, no. 5 (illustrated).