Louise Bourgeois Eyes, 2001 bronze, granite, electric light Collection Williams College Museum of Art Commissioned on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the museum with funds from the Museum Fellows, friends, and museum endowments. Wachenheim Family Courtyard given by Edgar Wachenheim III, Class of 1959, and Chris Wachenheim, Class of 1994 Celebrated for her emotionally and psychologically charged works, Louise Bourgeois is widely considered one of the most important artists of the 20th century. Born in Paris in 1911, she began her career as a sculptor in the mid-1940s. Though she had been living and working in the United States since 1938, it was not until 1982 that she was presented with a major retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. This was the first such exhibition ever granted to a woman artist at MoMA. Today her work can be seen in the most distinguished collections throughout the world. The Williams College Museum of Art is honored to present Eyes, an installation commissioned on the occasion of the museum’s 75th anniversary. next>>