Louise Bourgeois

Tree/Legs

1998

Two legs wearing heeled shoes surrounded by long, rounded abstract forms.
Two legs wearing heeled shoes surrounded by long, rounded abstract forms.

Recto

Not on view

Date
1998

Classification
Prints

Medium
Drypoint with graphite pencil

Dimensions
Sheet: 39 1/16 × 27 7/8 in. (99.2 × 70.8 cm) Plate: 29 7/8 × 21 11/16 in. (75.9 × 55.1 cm)

Accession number
98.23.4

Edition
1/28| 12 APs, 3 PPs, 1 HC, 1 BAT

Publication
Printed by Harlan & Weaver; published by Julie Sylvester Cabot; published by Whitney Museum of American Art Editions

Credit line
Gift of the artist

Rights and reproductions
© The Easton Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

API
artworks/11736

Part of a series:
Topiary. The Art of Improving Nature
9 works

A simple line drawing of a coat and one leg with bright red elbow and thigh patches.
Sketch of a person with one crutch and a missing left leg, red patches at shoulder and thigh.
A simple line drawing of a coat on a mannequin with a prosthetic leg and red sleeve patch.
A blue dress reveals navy skeletal bones and a single pink human leg extending downward.
A black ink drawing of a tree with circular scribbled foliage and a small hanging fruit.
Two legs wearing heeled shoes surrounded by long, rounded abstract forms.
A red crutch leans against a tall scribbled tree with round, tangled foliage.
A stylized tree drawn with dense looping scribbles forming trunk, round foliage, and exposed roots.
A large fanciful tree with round foliage and a nude figure embracing its trunk at the base.

Louise Bourgeois
32 works in the collection, 36 exhibitions

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