| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art (Kansas City, Missouri, United States) 1997.7 | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 1996, cast 1997 (creation) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Bourgeois, Louise | en_US |
| dc.date | 1996-1997 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-02-27T15:25:09Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-02-27T15:25:09Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1996-1997 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 197087 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 1590 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/104595 | |
| dc.description | General view; "According to the artist, the spider is a feminine hero figure. Bourgeois created the spider sculptures to honor her mother, who was her best friend and, like a spider, was deliberate, soothing, and patient. Spiders also create webs which refer to Bourgeois's early work with tapestries--her parents owned a tapestry restoration business--so the web is a metaphor for connection-making. While the spider's body is above your head, (it is over 11 feet tall) you may examine its legs which are smooth bronze, yet with many different bumps and ridges to create the effect of a natural shape. Each leg is different. Here our giant spider is positioned to suggest that she is walking up the lawn to attend to her baby spider which is attached to the Museum's facade, out of reach." Source: Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art [website]; http://www.kemperart.org (accessed 7/7/2008) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | bronze with dark polished patina | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | animals | en_US |
| dc.subject | contemporary (1960 to present) | en_US |
| dc.subject | insects | en_US |
| dc.subject | Twentieth century | en_US |
| dc.title | Spider | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 6A1-BL-S-A1 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | American | en_US |
| vra.technique | casting (process) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | sculpture (visual work) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | Louise Bourgeois (French sculptor, born 1911) | en_US |
