Artist Monograph

Louise Bourgeois, American

American, born France. 1911–2010

Wikidata · Getty ULAN

Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Other Media 1493 44.5%
Engraving 735 21.9%
Etching 386 11.5%
Lithography 205 6.1%
Screenprint 170 5.1%
Digital Art 166 4.9%
Textile 80 2.4%
Drawing 44 1.3%

Department Distribution

Department Works Share
Drawings & Prints 3347 99.7%
Painting & Sculpture 11 0.3%

Production by Decade

2
0s
25
1930s
275
1940s
8
1950s
7
1960s
31
1970s
108
1980s
1355
1990s
1513
2000s
34
2010s

Classification Types

  • Print — 2910
  • Illustrated Book — 367
  • Drawing — 57
  • Multiple — 11
  • Sculpture — 10
  • Textile — 2
  • Installation — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)189757.3%
Medium (30–100 cm)127338.4%
Large (1–3 m)1394.2%
Monumental (> 3 m)20.1%

Range: 5.2 cm → 5,435.6 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
194710
19511
19681
19691
19701
19821
19831
19862
1990139
19911
199291
1993320
199477
199513
1996153
1997103
199817
199933
200038
20017
200249
2005102
200655
20071
20081056

Currently On View

  • "MoMA, Floor 4, 402" — 5
  • "MoMA, Floor 5, 522" — 3
  • "MoMA, Floor 2, 215" — 1
  • "MoMA, Floor 5, 521" — 1

American Contemporaries

  1. 16315 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
  2. 2199 Ellsworth Kelly
  3. 1338 Lee Friedlander
  4. 932 George Maciunas
  5. 885 Frank Lloyd Wright