Maman by Louise Bourgeois

E124189

public artwork sculpture

Maman by Louise Bourgeois is a monumental bronze spider sculpture renowned for its towering scale and evocative exploration of themes of motherhood, protection, and vulnerability.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Maman by Louise Bourgeois canonical	2
Spider by Louise Bourgeois	1
Spider series by Louise Bourgeois	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1071519 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Maman by Louise Bourgeois
Context triple: [National Gallery of Canada, hasNotableWork, Maman by Louise Bourgeois]

A. The Dance by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
"The Dance" by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux is a celebrated 19th-century sculptural group originally created for the façade of the Paris Opéra, renowned for its dynamic, sensual depiction of dancing figures and its scandalous reception.
B. Matisse’s “Music”
Matisse’s “Music” is a large early 20th-century Fauvist painting by Henri Matisse that depicts simplified, vividly colored figures engaged in musical performance.
C. Matisse’s “The Dance”
Matisse’s “The Dance” is a landmark early 20th-century painting by Henri Matisse, celebrated for its bold colors and dynamic depiction of five dancing figures in a circular composition.
D. Portrait of Madame Matisse (The Green Line)
Portrait of Madame Matisse (The Green Line) is a landmark Fauvist painting by Henri Matisse, celebrated for its bold use of non-naturalistic color and the striking green line dividing the subject’s face.
E. The Painter's Studio
The Painter's Studio is a large, allegorical 1855 oil painting by Gustave Courbet that presents a symbolic panorama of mid-19th-century French society gathered around the artist at work.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Maman by Louise Bourgeois
Target entity description: Maman by Louise Bourgeois is a monumental bronze spider sculpture renowned for its towering scale and evocative exploration of themes of motherhood, protection, and vulnerability.

A. The Dance by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
"The Dance" by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux is a celebrated 19th-century sculptural group originally created for the façade of the Paris Opéra, renowned for its dynamic, sensual depiction of dancing figures and its scandalous reception.
B. Matisse’s “Music”
Matisse’s “Music” is a large early 20th-century Fauvist painting by Henri Matisse that depicts simplified, vividly colored figures engaged in musical performance.
C. Matisse’s “The Dance”
Matisse’s “The Dance” is a landmark early 20th-century painting by Henri Matisse, celebrated for its bold colors and dynamic depiction of five dancing figures in a circular composition.
D. Portrait of Madame Matisse (The Green Line)
Portrait of Madame Matisse (The Green Line) is a landmark Fauvist painting by Henri Matisse, celebrated for its bold use of non-naturalistic color and the striking green line dividing the subject’s face.
E. The Painter's Studio
The Painter's Studio is a large, allegorical 1855 oil painting by Gustave Courbet that presents a symbolic panorama of mid-19th-century French society gathered around the artist at work.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	public artwork ⓘ sculpture ⓘ
artForm	installation art ⓘ outdoor sculpture ⓘ
artist	Louise Bourgeois ⓘ
artworkSeries	Spider series by Louise Bourgeois ⓘ linked to: Maman by Louise Bourgeois
color	dark brown ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
creator	Louise Bourgeois ⓘ
depicts	spider ⓘ
exhibitedAt	Guggenheim Museum Bilbao ⓘ Mori Art Museum, Tokyo ⓘ linked to: Mori Art Museum National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa ⓘ linked to: National Gallery of Canada Qatar Museums, Doha ⓘ linked to: Qatar Museums Authority Roppongi Hills, Tokyo ⓘ linked to: Roppongi Hills Tate Modern, London ⓘ linked to: Tate Modern
fabricationTechnique	casting ⓘ
genre	contemporary art ⓘ
hasEdition	multiple large-scale casts ⓘ
hasPart	egg sac ⓘ spider legs ⓘ
height	approximately 30 feet ⓘ approximately 9 meters ⓘ
inception	1999 ⓘ
inspiredBy	Louise Bourgeois’s mother ⓘ
languageOfTitle	French ⓘ
locationOfFirstExhibition	Tate Modern, London ⓘ linked to: Tate Modern
mainSubject	spider ⓘ
materialUsed	bronze ⓘ marble ⓘ stainless steel ⓘ
movement	contemporary sculpture ⓘ modern art ⓘ
notableFor	evocative exploration of motherhood ⓘ monumental scale ⓘ
notableWorkOf	Louise Bourgeois ⓘ
numberOfLegsDepicted	8 ⓘ
owner	various public and private collections ⓘ
symbolizes	fragility ⓘ maternal protection ⓘ strength ⓘ
theme	anxiety ⓘ family ⓘ memory ⓘ motherhood ⓘ protection ⓘ vulnerability ⓘ
titleMeaning	“Mother” in French ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Gallery of Canada → hasNotableWork → Maman by Louise Bourgeois ⓘ

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao → notableWorkOnSite → Maman by Louise Bourgeois ⓘ

Maman → artworkSeries → Spider series by Louise Bourgeois ⓘ

subject linked to: Maman by Louise Bourgeois

linked to: Maman by Louise Bourgeois

Pappajohn Sculpture Park → notableWork → Spider by Louise Bourgeois ⓘ