Louise Bourgeois’ parents operated a tapestry restoration workshop, and she was long interested in weaving as a symbol of femininity and creativity. Here, her bold red form, in high relief against a background of bright white paper, might resemble many things including an emphatic exclamation point or an abstract braid. To create this work, master printmaker, Isaias Remba, at the Mixografia Workshop in Los Angeles made molds from what Bourgeois called “drawings” made from wound cord. Remba then used the molds to cast shaped copper plates and ran the plates through a press at intense pressure with many layers of paper to create these embossed prints. The result blurs the boundaries between Bourgeois’ twodimensional prints and drawings and her sculpture.

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