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Femme Pieu (Stake Woman)
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Femme Pieu (Stake Woman)

Artist (American, born France, 1911 - 2010)
Datecirca 1970
Mediumwax and metal pins
Dimensions5 5/8 × 3 3/4 × 4 1/4 in. (14.3 × 9.5 × 10.8 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineCollection of Lucy R. Lippard. Promised gift to the New Mexico Museum of Art.
Object number1999.15.280
DescriptionBrown wax shaped into a tear drop with two mounds on top; needles and thread protruding from surface
Text Entries
The teardrop shaped form of Femme Pieu (Stake Woman) lies on its back. Bourgeois uses familiar materials to symbolize the body, female psyche, beauty, and psychological angst. Her intuitive abstraction is heavily influenced by post-World War II European Surrealism, which can be seen through her use of abstract and organic forms. The artist is known for her enigmatic sculpture, drawings, prints and installations.
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