Louise Bourgeois’s Life Was as Monumental as Her Art

Writing one of the first comprehensive biographies of a major artist could prove daunting, but taking on Bourgeois's long life in art might be called heroic.

Louise Bourgeois’s Life Was as Monumental as Her Art
Louise Bourgeois at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris, 1937, photographed by Brassaï (image © Brassaï/courtesy The Easton Foundation)