Louise Bourgeois

Janus, 1968

Louise Bourgeois, Janus, 1968. Collection The Easton Foundation. © The Easton Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York. Photo: Christopher Burke

Artwork Details

Artist: Louise Bourgeois

Title: Janus

Year: 1968

Medium: Bronze

Dimensions: 10 x 13 x 7 in. (25.4 x 33.0 x 17.8 cm)

Credit line: Collection The Easton Foundation; Long-term loan

Reference number: L.2003.135

Classification: Sculpture

Location: Dia Beacon on view

On Display at Dia Beacon

Many organically formed shapes rest on platforms, hang from wires, or protrude from the walls of this large, warehouse-like room with brick walls and cement ceiling, columns, and floor. A stairwell is placed within the center of the room and bright light streams through several windows. — Louise Bourgeois, installation view, Dia:Beacon, Beacon, New York. © The Easton Foundation/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Bill Jacobson Studio, New York

Artist

Louise Bourgeois

Louise Bourgeois was born in Paris in 1911. She died in New York City in 2010.