Collections: Contemporary Art: Decontractee

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Decontractee

Throughout her long career, Louise Bourgeois has experimented with various methods of composing the fragmented parts of the body in her sculptures, yet none are more brilliant then her series of marble pieces from the late 1980s and 1990s. Most of them employ roughly finished marble blocks with human body parts seemingly growing from the stone. While some works comprise numerous organic elements, others feature a single, isolated part of the body. In these pieces, hands appear frequently: as the artist's most important tool, they are celebrated in many forms.


• Artist: Louise Bourgeois, born France, 1911
• Medium: Pink marble and steel base
• Dates: 1990
• Dimensions: 28 1/2 x 36 x 23 in. (72.39 x 91.44 x 58.42 cm)
• Signature: Signed: "L.B. 90"
• Collections: Contemporary Art
• Museum Location: This item is on view in American Identities: A New Look, Making Art: Centennial Era, 5th Floor
• Accession Number: 1994.124
• Credit Line: Purchased with funds given by Harry Kahn, Mrs. Carl L.Selden, the David H. Cogan Foundation, Inc., Contemporary Art Council, gift of Edward A. Bragaline, by exchange, and the Mary Smith Dorward Fund
• Image: Overall, 1994.124_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Louise Bourgeois (born France, 1911). Decontractee, 1990. Pink marble and steel base, 28 1/2 x 36 x 23 in. (72.39 x 91.44 x 58.42 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by Harry Kahn, Mrs. Carl L.Selden, the David H. Cogan Foundation, Inc., Contemporary Art Council, gift of Edward A. Bragaline, by exchange, and the Mary Smith Dorward Fund, 1994.124 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1994.124_SL1.jpg)