Louise Bourgeois holding a polaroid camera, c. 1980. © The Easton Foundation/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
"I have never taken a photograph. And what is more, I am not interested. I would like the work to be done, but I am not interested in doing it. I am a sculptor and I am not a media worker. I dislike photograph[y], I dislike anything mechanical, which… of course I regret."
Louise Bourgeois, sound recording, c. 1977; AV.00857. © The Easton Foundation/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Left: Louise Bourgeois in her home with her cat Champfleurette, c. 1960, New York. Right: Louise Bourgeois's dog Cosimo with her painting Femme Maison on the steps of her home, 1975, New York. © The Easton Foundation/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York