Bourgeois, Louise, 1911-2010
Sculptor
Size: Reels 54 and 90: 695 items.
Unmicrofilmed: 0.4 linear ft.
Summary: UNMICROFILMED: Printed matter, 1945-1994, and undated, including exhibition catalogs and announcements, notices of meetings of The Club, Venice Biennale admission card, Cafe de Flore menu, and clippings; and 26 b&w photographs (copyprints) of Bourgeois, family and friends, and her work, 1922-1953 and undated.
Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) was a sculptor, born and educated in Paris and later came to New York.
Donated by Louise Bourgeois in 1994. Papers on microfilm were lent by Bourgeois in 1971.
Also in the Archives is material lent for microfilming including (reels 54 and 90) including circa 500 drawings and sketches; prints, portraits, correspondence, including a letter from Rene d'Harnoncourt, catalogs, clippings, printed material, and miscellany.
Microfilm reels 54 and 90 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
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Louise Bourgeois papers, 1922-1994. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
