Quarantania
Quarantania
Artist
Louise Bourgeois
(1911 - 2010)
Date1947-1953, cast 1990
MediumBronze, painted white with blue and black, and stainless steel
Dimensions80 1/2 x 27 x 27 in. (204.5 x 68.6 x 68.6 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2014.19
Accession number
2014.19
On View
On viewLabel TextThe vertical forms in Quarantania resemble the shapes of sewing needles and weaving shuttles. Louise Bourgeois associated these tools with her childhood, as her parents used them to restore antique tapestries.
Bourgeois imagined the shapes as stand-ins or surrogates for people, infusing her sculpture with a sense of personal connection and emotion. Huddled together, the elongated forms suggest closeness and intimacy while also feeling fragile and precarious.
Las formas verticales en Quarantania asemejan formas de agujas de costura y lanzaderas de telar. Louise Bourgeois asoció estas herramientas con su infancia, ya que sus padres las utilizaban para restaurar tapices antiguos.
Bourgeois imaginó las figuras como sustitutos o suplentes de personas, dotando a su escultura con un sentido de conexión personal y emoción. Las formas alargadas, amontonadas, sugieren cercanía e intimidad a la vez que se sienten frágiles y precarias.
Markingsstamped: LB 1/6 MAF.
