Nancy Spero | 1926-2009
![Spero, with her husband, artist Leon Golub, displayed their drawings and paintings in a dual retrospective exhibition in 1994 at the American Center in Paris.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f467bd7/2147483647/strip/true/crop/600x400+0+0/resize/600x400!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa6%2F1d%2Fda03fc33fd384d38738484ffc39a%2Fla-me-nancy-spero1-dqeetkgw.jpg)
Spero, with her husband, artist Leon Golub, displayed their drawings and paintings in a dual retrospective exhibition in 1994 at the American Center in Paris. (Vincent Amalvy / For The Times)
![Nancy Spero | 1926-2009](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c10634a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/600x400+0+0/resize/600x400!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F19%2F6f%2Fbf36622f62385c02c00667143546%2Fla-me-nancy-spero5-gkn08tke.jpg)
Spero, seen a month after the Sept. 11 attacks, created two collage pieces as a reaction to the destruction of the World Trade Center. Her New York City home and work space once afforded a view of the twin towers. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)