Original poster with artwork by Louise Bourgeois for exhibition at Galerie Karsten Greve in France 2005.

Louise Bourgeois was a French-American artist whose deeply personal work explored memory, trauma, family, and the body. Working across sculpture, installation, drawing, and printmaking, she became one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, especially in the later decades of her life.

Her most famous motif is the spider, most notably the monumental sculpture Maman (1999). For Bourgeois, the spider was not a symbol of fear, but of protection, intelligence, and care. She associated the spider with her mother, who was a tapestry restorer. She described har as patient, precise, and nurturing, like a spider weaving its web.

The spider embodies contradictions central to Bourgeois’s work: strength and fragility, menace and tenderness, vulnerability and power. Its towering scale can feel intimidating, yet its meaning is rooted in love, memory, and maternal protection. Through the spider, Bourgeois transformed personal experience into a universal symbol of resilience and survival.

The piece is framed with a hand painted gray frame with rose detailing and is placed on a light detailing.

H96 x W73 cm.