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Distant Figures

Artist Louise Bourgeois (1911 - 2010)

Date1971

MediumMarble and stainless steel

Dimensions22 in. × 30 1/2 in. × 46 1/4 in. (55.9 × 77.5 × 117.5 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LinePromised Gift to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas

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Label TextLouise Bourgeois carved each element of this sculpture separately and affixed them to this marble base. Although the forms have different heights and tones, she positions them as united by grouping them together. Given the title of the work, Distant Figures, the clustered forms can be read as people.

Louise Bourgeois talló cada uno de los elementos de esta escultura de forma separada y los fijó a la base de mármol. Si bien las figuras tienen diferentes alturas y tonos, al agruparlas, la artista sugiere una unión entre ellas. A partir del título de la obra, Figuras lejanas, estas formas en conjunto pueden interpretarse como personas.