Louise Bourgeois
The Family
The Family
2008
Gouache on paper; suite of 16
Each: 59.4 x 45.7 cm / 23 ⅜ x 18 in
Each: 67.3 x 53.7 x 4.4 cm / 26 ½ x 21 ⅛ x 1 ¾ in (framed)
‘As Bourgeois approached the end of her life, she looked back to the beginning, to her mother’s womb and breast, for the reassuring safety and security they represented. Even at this late date, the figure served as a probing vehicle for understanding, as it had in so many guises throughout Bourgeois’s career.’—Deborah Wye [3]