from Louise Bourgeois: Drawings & Observations
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Easton House, 1946
Well, this is an exact representation of the house in Connecticut that is still in the family. I think we were happy there. All the faces in the window are smiling. Later on I made that house in marble. I represented it many, many times, which was not necessary, since it is still there today.
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Untitled, 1940
. . . Here on the left is a figure lying down, who is either asleep or waiting for a mate. Nobody knows. . . You see the horse in the meadow. Nobody knows why he's there, what he's doing, why he's waiting. But he's peaceful. He's waiting for something: nobody knows what it is, but he has a right to wait. He has a right to exist.
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Femme maison, 1947
. . . she shows herself at the very moment that she thinks she's hiding.
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