A polished golden sculptural torso with breasts and crouching legs displayed on a metal pedestal.

Sculpture

Nature Study

1984

Medium
Bronze on steel base
Dimensions
Overall (with base): 70 7/8 × 15 7/16 × 21 1/2 in. (180 × 39.2 × 54.6 cm) Overall: 29 7/8 × 15 7/16 × 17 15/16 in. (75.9 × 39.2 × 45.6 cm) Base: 41 × 21 1/2 × 21 1/2 in. (104.1 × 54.6 × 54.6 cm)
Accession number
84.42
Acquired
1984
Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee
Reproduction credit
© The Easton Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
Department
collection

About this work

Louise Bourgeois, Nature Study, 1984. Bronze on steel base, overall (with base): 70 7/8 × 15 7/16 × 21 1/2 in. (180 × 39.2 × 54.6 cm) Overall: 29 7/8 × 15 7/16 × 17 15/16 in. (75.9 × 39.2 × 45.6 cm) Base: 41 × 21 1/2 × 21 1/2 in. (104.1 × 54.6 × 54.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee 84.42. © The Easton Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

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