Louise Bourgeois: An Unfolding Portrait
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| Rating | : | 4.65 (582 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1633450414 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This first thorough survey of Bourgeois’ prints and books orients these works within her broader practiceLouise Bourgeois: An Unfolding Portrait explores the prints and books of the celebrated sculptor. She met Robert Goldwater, an American art historian, in Paris and they married and moved to New York in 1938. She died in New York in 2010, at the age of 98.. In 1982, at 70 years old, Bourgeois finally took center stage with a retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art. These works encompass the same themes and motifs that occupied Bourgeois throughout her career, and they are explored here within the context of related sculptures, drawings and early paintings. The volume is rounded out with a chronology and bibliography that focus on prints and illustrated books while also providing general background on Bourgeois’ life and art.Born in Paris in 1911, Louise Bourgeois was raised by pa