The most expensive sculpture of a great artist at auction brought $ 4 million, but the fans of her work can find drawings and lithographs priced below 10,000

Recently, the art world suffered a great loss: died on one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century, Louise Bourgeois ( Louise Bourgeois) . She was 98 years. Bourgeois enjoyed great respect among the artists: to the last days of her New York studio to come for advice young writers.

artist born in France but got fame in the United States, where she moved in 1938. In 1982, the Museum of Modern Art gave her a retrospective, which Bourgeois met with the work of the general public. In 2009 she, along with nine other prominent American women, was introduced into the National Women's Hall of Fame.

In his works, Bourgeois, has incredible insight, analyzed and deconstructed universal themes such as love , sexual desire, frustration in dealing with loved ones and family members. Her creations have found expression wide range of emotions - anger, rage, tenderness ... Art, according to the artist, she has a "pledge of Mental Health. It helped her turn her demons into allies.

More about Louise Bourgeois works can be found here . A here talks about a recent exhibition of sculpture in San Francisco Gallery Paule Anglim.

During the five years (2004 - January 2009) prices for works of artists grew by 307 percent. Also increased the number of seven-digit auction results: in 2006 more than a million dollars brought one of her sculptures, in 2007 - three, and in 2008 - six. 2009 was not the best for the art market, collectors preferred to keep away from the super-expensive product auctions, but interest Bourgeois was not extinguished. For example, in June 2009 its touching sculpture "Portrait" - reminiscent of a goddess of fertility, the blue female figure, encased in a glass case - went to Sotheby's for 544,000 dollars, exceeding estimeyt three times.

The most popular among collectors enjoy its famous spider. This image is a symbol of bourgeois mother. In 2006, Christie's sold nearly two-meter high bronze spider for 3,6 million dollars, a year earlier a similar sculpture was saved 2.7 million. A May 27, 2008 Arachne of steel and fabric brought (again at Christie's) record 4 million.

Low graphics Bourgeois usually vary in the range of 10-60 thousands of dollars. You can find a small job or academic figures of the 1930's for 8-9,5 thousand dollars. On the day of the death of the artist, May 31 at Christie's Paris changed its owner calligraphic drawing Named Desire - a friend of mine. It is the color of the sky and your eyes, it is waiting for you, first I hear your footsteps and then your voice "(14,5 thousand euros).

49 percent of the auction market falls on the artist prints which can be bought for 1-6 thousand dollars. May 2 this year in Cannes lithograph entitled "List", which depicts two red branches, forming a circle, was sold for 800 euros (№ 56 of 146 copies).

Material prepared Yulia Maksimova, AI

Source: artprice.com , artinvestment.ru