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Preview image of work. dye or pigment on silk scarf,  She Lost It (scarf, pale blue with red printing) 37206

2018.10.37.3

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She Lost It (scarf, pale blue with red printing)

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Artist

Louise Bourgeois (Paris, France, 12/25/1911 - 5/31/2010, New York, New York)

Title

She Lost It (scarf, pale blue with red printing)

Creation Date

1992

Century

late 20th century

Dimensions

73 1/2 x 20 x 1/16 in. (186.69 x 50.8 x 0.16 cm)

Object Type

textile/natural fiber

Creation Place

Europe, France

Medium and Support

dye or pigment on silk scarf

Credit Line

Archival Collection of Marion Boulton Stroud and Acadia Summer Arts Program, Mt. Desert Island, Maine. Gift from the Marion Boulton "Kippy" Stroud Foundation

Copyright

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Accession Number

2018.10.37.3

Object Description

A MAN AND A WOMAN
LIVED TOGETHER. ONE EVENING
HE DID NOT COME BACK FROM WORK,
AND SHE WAITED. SHE KEPT ON WAITING
AND SHE GREW LITTLER AND LITTLER.
LATER, A NEIGHBOR STOPPED BY OUT OF
FRIENDSHIP AND THERE HE FOUND HER, IN
THE ARMCHAIR, THE SIZE
OF A PEA.
LB.