“I am a searcher... I always was...and
I still am... searching for the missing piece.”
—Louise Bourgeois
Printmaking was integral to the practice of sculptor Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010), who worked in the medium in the late 1930s and 1940s, and in the late 1980s through 2010, when prints became a daily activity. This website highlights the themes that preoccupied her, and the creative process revealed in her evolving print states and versions.
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