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Sculptor Bourgeois dead at 98

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Published: June 1, 2010 at 2:24 AM

NEW YORK, June 1 (UPI) -- Noted New York sculptor Louise Bourgeois died of a heart attack Monday in New York at age 98, an associate, Wendy Williams, said.

The French-born artist's sculptures in wood, steel, stone and other materials, which were often of a sexual nature, didn't garner her wide acclaim until she was in her 70s, The New York Times reported. Her works, such as "Nature Study" (1984), a headless sphinx with powerful claws and multiple breasts, and "Fillette" (1968), a large, detached latex phallus, shaped her reputation among feminists, the Times said.

Bourgeois is survived by two sons, two grandchildren and a great-granddaughter. Another son died in 1990.

Topics: Wendy Williams
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