Louise Bourgeois: The Spider and the Tapestries
by Bourgeois, Louise
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 3775739971
- ISBN 13
- 9783775739979
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$100.00
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About This Item
Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz, 2015. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 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.)
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- Book Happy Booksellers (US)
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- 015326
- Title
- Louise Bourgeois: The Spider and the Tapestries
- Author
- Bourgeois, Louise
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Trade Edition
- ISBN 10
- 3775739971
- ISBN 13
- 9783775739979
- Publisher
- Hatje Cantz
- Place of Publication
- Ostfildern, Germany
- Date Published
- 2015
- Keywords
- art tapestry needlepoint psychoanalysis psychology symbols
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- Art;
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