Louise Bourgeois’ “Spider” is the most expensive sculpture by a woman artist ever sold at auction, according to Sotheby’s New York.
The May 19 sale of Louise Bourgeois’ "Spider" sculpture is the most expensive sculpture by a woman artist ever sold at auction, according to Sotheby’s New York.
"Fraught with chilling grandeur, Spider from 1996 is the ultimate embodiment of Louise Bourgeois’ singular contribution to the history of Modern Art," Sotheby’s said when they announced the sale. "Among the earliest monumental iterations of Bourgeois’ Spiders, the present work represents the absolute zenith of her artistic practice and the most ambitious embodiment of her signature motif.
Bourgeois died in 2010 at 98 years old. In her obituary, The Los Angeles Times said she was "known for sculptures of giant spiders, women with extra breasts, double-headed phalluses and rooms that resonate with loneliness and dread."
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