Louise Bourgeois papers
name: label: Creator
content: Bourgeois, Louise, 1911-2010
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New City
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women printmakers
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material was loaned for microfilming by Louise Bourgeois in 1971 and originals were returned to the donor. Bourgeois donated additional material to the Archives of American Art in 1994.
creator: label: Creator
content: Bourgeois, Louise, 1911-2010
setName: label: See more items in
content: Louise Bourgeois papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of sculptor Louise Bourgeois measure 0.4 linear feet and date from circa 1937 to 1994. The bulk of the papers consist of printed material including three clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, a menu, and meeting notices. Also found are modern copyprints of photographs taken by Bourgeois in Paris and the United States.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: French-American sculptor Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) was known primarily for her large-scale sculpture but was also a painter and printmaker. She studied at the Sorbonne and other schools in Paris and moved to New York City with her husband Robert Goldwater in 1938. Bourgeois exhibited exstensively throughout the United States and worldwide.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1937-1994
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bourloup
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2023 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Material lent for microfilming is available on 35mm microfilm reels 54 and 90 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of sculptor Louise Bourgeois measure 0.4 linear feet and date from circa 1937 to 1994. The bulk of the papers consist of printed material including three clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, a menu, and meeting notices. Also found are modern copyprints of photographs taken by Bourgeois in Paris and the United States.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds the Louise Bourgeois Photographs of Willem de Kooning], [ca. 1955], Oral history interview with Louise Bourgeois, 1968, and Interview with Louise Bourgeois, 1986 Apr. 9.
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm of material lent for microfilming on Reels 54 and 90, including circa 500 drawings and sketches; prints, portraits, and correspondence including a letter from Rene d'Harnoncourt; catalogs, clippings, and other printed material; and miscellany. Originals were  returned to lender after microfilming and are not described in the collection Container Inventory.