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Louise Bourgeois Spider Drawing

Louise Bourgeois Spider Drawing - Web 248 x 803 x 597 cm. For the artist, whose work explored themes of childhood memory and loss, the spider carried associations of a maternal figure. © the easton foundation/vaga at ars, ny. Our collection artists artworks art by theme. Bourgeois associated the spider with her mother, a tapestry weaver and restorer. 9 1/4 × 6 9/16 (23.5 × 16.7 cm); 6 11/16 × 9 1/4 in. Harlan & weaver, new york. Born in paris in 1911, louise bourgeois was raised by parents who ran a tapestry restoration business. Surprisingly, she sees them not as ominous predators, but as a symbol for her much beloved mother.

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Moving to new york & dealing with stress. The artist saw spiders as both fierce and fragile, capable of being protectors as well as predators. (34.5 × 34.6 cm) plate: What made her a pioneer?

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Bourgeois associated the spider with her mother, a tapestry weaver and restorer. In 1947 louise bourgeois drew two small ink and charcoal drawings of a spider. Throughout her long career, sculptor louise bourgeois was known for haunting, biomorphic forms that communicated themes from her inner life and family history. Other works by louise bourgeois.

9 1/4 × 6 9/16 (23.5 × 16.7 Cm);

Not on view at this time. Web louise bourgeois first depicted a spider in two small ink and charcoal drawings in 1947. Louise bourgeois used the spider as the central protagonist in her art during the last decades of her life. 13 9/16 × 13 5/8 in.

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6 11/16 × 9 1/4 in. Web bourgeois started crafting her famed steel spider sculptures in the 1990s. (17 × 23.5 cm) classification: A gifted student, she also helped out in the workshop by drawing missing elements in the scenes depicted on the tapestries.

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