1984.861: The Death of the Dog

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1984.861

People

Louise Bourgeois, American (Paris, France 1911 - 2010 New York, NY)

Title

The Death of the Dog

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1948-1951

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/309305

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 36.4 x 57.4 cm (14 5/16 x 22 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: black ink, l.r.: LB ©

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Louise Bourgeois, New York New York, sold; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1984 (through her agent, Jerry Gorovoy, New York, New York).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquired through the Deknatel Purchase Fund and the Louise E. Bettens Fund

Copyright

© The Easton Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Accession Year

1984

Object Number

1984.861

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Deborah Wye, Louise Bourgeois, Robert Miller Gallery (New York, NY, 1986), pl. 23

Exhibition History

• Louise Bourgeois, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 11/03/1982 - 02/03/1983
• Modern Art for Harvard: Prints and Drawings Acquired through the Generosity of Frederick B. and Virginia H. Deknatel, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/31/1995 - 08/06/1995
• Nominally Figured: Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/08/2006 - 02/25/2007

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