Collection Spider

Spider

Louise Bourgeois , Artist Harlan & Weaver , Printer Peter Blum Edition, NY , Publisher
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About the Artwork

Spider

1995

Louise Bourgeois (Artist) American, 1911-2010 Harlan & Weaver (Printer) New York, New York (Publisher) Peter Blum Edition, NY

Drypoint printed in black ink on cream wove paper

Plate: 15 7/8 × 11 7/8 inches (40.3 × 30.2 cm) Sheet: 21 1/4 × 15 7/8 inches (54 × 40.3 cm)

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Museum Purchase, Alan, Marianne and Marc Schwartz Fund

2003.15

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Signed and dated, in pencil, lower right: Louise Bourgeois 1995

Inscribed, in pencil, lower left: 11/35

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2003-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Louise Bourgeois, Spider, 1995, drypoint printed in black ink on cream wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Alan, Marianne and Marc Schwartz Fund, 2003.15.

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