Louise Bourgeois
Untitled [Drawing 6]

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Artist Louise Bourgeois American, born France, 1911–2010

CultureAmerican

Titles

Untitled [Drawing 6]
for Untitled [6]
from the portfolio Homely Girl, A Life

Date1991

PlaceNew York, NY, United States

MediumRed ballpoint ink on wove paper envelope

DimensionsEnvelope: 7 5/16 × 5 5/16 in. (18.6 × 13.5 cm)

Credit LineThe Peter Blum Edition Archive, 1980-1994, gift of Peter Blum/Blumarts, Inc., New York

Object number96.61.6

Not on view

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

Provenance[Peter Blum Gallery, Blumarts Inc., New York, by 1996]; purchased by MFAH, 1996.
Exhibition History"Singular Multiples: The Peter Blum Edition Archive, 1980–1994," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 23–October 15, 2006.

"Proof of Concept: Artistic Process in Contemporary Printmaking, Selections from the Museum’s Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 9–November 15, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Initialed and dated in blue ballpoint ink, bottom right corner: LB 91
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, center: 6 [underlined]
Verso: Inscribed in red ballpoint ink, lower center: 7 [marked out in graphite]
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, left center bottom edge: BOUR 2006

Recto: Initialed and dated in blue ballpoint ink, bottom right corner: LB 91

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