LOUISE BOURGEOIS (1911-2010)
The Ainu Tree
numbered 'AP' (lower left), signed with the artist’s initials 'LB' (lower right)
lithograph in colours on paper
image: 58.5 x 38.5cm.
sheet: 74.5 x 51cm.
Executed in 1999, this work is an artist’s proof besides the edition of one-hundred with twenty artist's proofs, four printer's proofs, one trial proofs and one bon à tirer, published by SOLO Impression, New York

Anon. sale, Phillips New York, 6 October 2004.
Private Collection, Belgium (acquired at the above sale).
Thence by descent to the present owner.

This lot is offered without reserve.
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.

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A saleroom notice has been added to lot 284. The following information is an addition or correction to information on the lot page.

Please note the lot is now marked with a special VAT status and will be subject to higher rates as follows:

A ‘!’ lot is imported from outside the EU. VAT will be charged at 21% on the buyer’s premium and invoiced inclusively. A consolidated import VAT rate of 10.2% will also be charged and calculated on the hammer price.
For each lot the total buyer’s premium plus applicable VAT which will be payable in addition to the hammer price is calculated as 41.66 % of the hammer price up to a value of € 700,000.
For a lot which sells above € 700,000 the calculation is as follows: 41.66 % of the hammer price up to a value of €700,000, plus 34.40% of the hammer price between €700,001 to €4,000,000, plus 27.75% of any amount in excess of €4,000,001.

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