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Metaphors of repair and echoes of family labor in the magnificent tapestries of Louise Bourgeois
Louise Bourgeois' tapestry and needlepoint work deals with reparation in both a literal and metaphorical sense. In many of the works, fragmented tapestries are pieced together and repaired to create new sculptural forms. The recurring practices of weaving, stitching and mending express Bourgeois' identification with her childhood and the family business of tapestry restoration. Coupled with the medium of tapestry, Bourgeois' recurring motif of the spider symbolizes her mother, a weaver, and fully explores the complex relationship between mother and child. This publication includes archival photographs and facsimile documents from the Bourgeois family archive, as well as excerpts from the artist's psychoanalytical writings.
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Louise Bourgeois: The Spider and the Tapestries
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Published by Hatje Cantz, 2015, Berlin. Reprint of limited edition published on the occasion of the exhibition: Louise Bourgeois: L'Araignee et les Tapisseries, Hauser & Wirth, Zurich, 15 June - 26 July 2014. Hardcover. 88pp; Illustrated front board with copper titling to front & spine, brown cloth spine & rear board, ribbon bookmark, clean & bright. The artist's tapestry and needlepoint works are reproduced together with photos and facsimile documents from the Bourgeois family archive. Very good condition, as new. Seller Inventory # 221114
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Trade Edition. 88pp; Illustrated front board with copper titling to front & spine, brown cloth spine & rear board, ribbon bookmark, tissue guard loose, covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, Near Fine condition. The artist's tapestry and needlepoint works are reproduced together with photos and facsimile documents from the Bourgeois family archive. Excerpts from the artist's psychoanalytical writings and diaries reveal the symbolic value of reparation, restoration and redemption, which lay behind this body of work. (Reprint of limited edition published on the occasion of the exhibition: Louise Bourgeois: L'Araignee et les Tapisseries, Hauser & Wirth, Zurich, 15 June - 26 July 2014.). Seller Inventory # 015326