Untitled
1995
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
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Louise Bourgeois
Louise Joséphine Bourgeois (French: ; 25 December 1911 – 31 May 2010) was a French-American artist.
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ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1995 ink by Louise Bourgeois, depicting Insect, held at Museum of Modern Art.
You see a tangle of spidery lines scratched into a copper plate, then printed on paper—thin legs, a round body, almost like a creature crawling up the sheet. Bourgeois made nine versions of this image, each one a little darker or lighter. She called the whole series *Ode à Ma Mère*—a tribute to her mother, who repaired tapestries. The spider became her symbol for repair, protection, and the quiet strength of women. If you like how lines can feel alive, look up impasto—a technique where paint is laid on thick, so brushstrokes stand out like these drypoint scratches.
Louise Joséphine Bourgeois (French: ; 25 December 1911 – 31 May 2010) was a French-American artist.
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