Maman (1999)[1] is a sculpture by the artist Louise Bourgeois. The sculpture, which resembles a spider, is over 30ft high, with a sac containing marble eggs. Besides the stainless steel version owned by the Tate Modern, London,[2] there are several bronze casts, located at:
- Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri
- National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
- State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
- Mori Art Museum, Roppongi, Tokyo
- Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
- Samsung Museum of Modern Art (Leeum), Seoul
- Jardin des Tuileries, Paris
- Havana, Cuba[3]
- Hirshhorn Museum Washington, D.C.
- Pappajohn Sculpture Park Des Moines, Iowa
The sculpture is no longer in London, Paris, Boston Or Washington, D.C.
References
- ^ Guggenheim Collection - Artist - Bourgeois - Maman
- ^ Previously on long-term loan, it was acquired in 2008: Tate acquires Louise Bourgeois’s giant spider, Maman
- ^ CBC.ca Arts - National Gallery erects $3.2M spider sculpture
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