Louise Bourgeois was a eminent American-French artist of the 20th century, recognized for her abstract sculptures, drawings and prints, and perhaps best know for her arachnid-like Maman sculptures. The artist’s brooding works were culled from childhood memories as well as psychological analyses of sexuality, pain, and fear. “The only access we have to our volcanic unconscious and to the profound motives for our actions and reactions is through shocks of our encounters with specific people,” she once reflected. Born on December 25, 1911 in Paris, France, Bourgeois first studied mathematics at the Sorbonne before changing paths and enrolling in art school. She studied under Fernand Léger at the École des Beaux-...