| Spider | |
|---|---|
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| Artist | Louise Bourgeois |
| Year | 1996 |
| Medium | Bronze |
| Subject | Spider |
| Dimensions | 440 cm × 670 cm × 520 cm (175 in × 262 in × 204 in) |
| Location | Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow |
Spider is a sculpture by Louise Bourgeois.[1] It was executed in 1996 as an edition of a series entitled Cells[2] and cast in 1997; bronze with a silver nitrate patina, with the first of the edition being steel.[3] The spider itself is made of bronze, whereas the cage is made of steel.[2]
Spider has held the record for most expensive sculptures by a woman three times in a row, and was sold for $32.1 million[4] in 2019.
- ^ "Spider, (sculpture)". SIRIS
- ^ a b Mieke, B. (1999-01-01). "Narrative Inside Out: Louise Bourgeois' Spider as Theoretical Object". Oxford Art Journal. 22 (2): 101–126. doi:10.1093/oxartj/22.2.101. ISSN 0142-6540.
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