The Blind Leading the Blind
Date
(1947-1949)
Artist
Louise Bourgeois, American, b. Paris, France, 1911–2010
Provenance
Robert Miller Gallery, New York, to 3 May 1989
Regents Collections Acquisition Program with Matching Funds from the Jerome L. Greene, Agnes Gund, Sydney and Frances Lewis, and Leonard C. Yaseen Purchase Fund, 1989
Exhibition History
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Recent Acquisitions: 1989-1991," 8 October 1991-5 January 1992, unpublished checklist, no. 11.
TATE MODERN, London. "Louise Bourgeois," 11 October 2007-20 January 2008, fig. 40; pp. 56-58, 311. TOUR: CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU, Paris, 19 February-2 June; SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York, 27 June-28 September; LOS ANGELES MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, 25 October-25 January 2009; HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 26 February-17 May.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "At the Hub of Things: New Views of the Collection," 16 October 2014-24 April 2016, no cat.
MUSEE NATIONAL DES BEAUX-ARTS DU QUEBEC. "America. Between Dreams and Realities: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection," 9 June-5 September 2022, color ill. pp. 82-83.
Published References
PLAGENS, PETER. "The Lady and the Ramp," Newsweek, 16 June 2008, p. 51, ill.
UNSIGNED. "Louise Bourgeois: February 26-May 17, 2009," (Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 2009) ill. n.p. [exhibition brochure]
COLLINS, BRADFORD R. et al (eds.) The Irascibles: Painters Against the Museum, New York, 1950 (Madrid: Fundación Juan March, 2020), fig. 6, p. 106 (color).
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 114, p. 131.
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School
American Eccentrics
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Regents Collections Acquisition Program with Matching Funds from the Jerome L. Greene, Agnes Gund, Sydney and Frances Lewis, and Leonard C. Yaseen Purchase Fund, 1989
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
89.17
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Wood and paint
Dimensions
70 3/8 x 96 7/8 x 17 3/8 in. (178.7 x 246.1 x 44.1 cm)
