“I have drawn my whole life. My parents were in the tapestry restoration business, and as a young girl, I would draw in the missing parts of the tapestry that needed to be re-woven. My ability to draw made me indispensable to my parents.”

— Louise Bourgeois

Louise Bourgeois: a web of emotions, 2010

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American and French sculptor 1911–2010

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