How long does it take to read Louise Bourgeois?
Louise Bourgeois, Gerald Matt, Mieke Bal, Lynne Cooke, Beatriz Colomina, Jerry Gorovoy, Christiane Terrisse, Danielle Tilkin, Josef Helfenstein, Louise Neri, Marie-Laure Bernadac
Louise Bourgeois by Louise Bourgeois, Gerald Matt, Mieke Bal, Lynne Cooke, Beatriz Colomina, Jerry Gorovoy, Christiane Terrisse, Danielle Tilkin, Josef Helfenstein, Louise Neri, Marie-Laure Bernadac takes about 2 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 30 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1981. 136 pages, about 37,400 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 9 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 30 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 34 minutes |
The page count is the median across 40 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Though known primarily for her sculpture, Louise Bourgeois has displayed a lifelong passion for drawing and considers it to be essential to her oeuvre. This exceptional book is the first to combine over fifty years of the artist's drawings with her own observations. Not merely preparatory studies for her sculptures, Bourgeois's drawings are fully realized, independent works of art that rank as some of her most powerful and emotive creations. In the text accompanying the illustrations, Bourgeois, a highly autobiographical artist, describes and explains the sources for each work - and in the process provides fascinating insights into her life and art.
Subjects: Exhibitions, Marble sculpture, Clothing and dress in art, Modern Sculpture, Sculpture, Modern, Textile fabrics in art
