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Bourgeois says of printmaking, “the whole history of the creative process is there. In painting or in sculpture it would be gone”.

A French-American sculptor whose body of work in fabric, bronze and stone continues to influence subsequent generations of artists, Bourgeois was also a prolific printmaker throughout her storied career. An avid experimenter, she utilized a variety of printmaking techniques including drypoint, aquatint, embossing and lithography. The private mythologies of Louise Bourgeois, comprised of cryptic fascinations that are simultaneously dark and playful, became her own …