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Cat. No. 1002

The Underground Life of Fear

State/Variant:
Only state
Date:
2003
Themes:
Nature
Techniques:
Drypoint
Description:
Drypoint, with red watercolor and ink additions
Support:
Smooth, wove paper, mounted on board
Dimensions:
plate: 14 15/16 x 8 1/16" (38 x 20.5 cm); sheet: 28 x 18 1/4" (71.1 x 46.4 cm)
Signature:
"Louise Bourgeois" right lower margin, pencil.
Publisher:
Osiris, New York
Printer:
Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH
Edition:
3
Impression:
Verso: "hand painted study 1/3", lower center sheet, artist's hand.
Edition Information:
Outside the "The Underground Life of Fear" edition, there is a diptych composition which combines this plate with the plate editioned as “Spring.” The diptych was published as part of an illustrated book. In the illustrated book edition, each book includes 18 plates with hand additions. Both the dyptich composition and “Spring” can be seen below in Related Works in the Catalogue.
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
544.2005

The Underground Life of Fear
2003

States

Published Louise Bourgeois. The Underground Life of Fear. 2003
Only state
2003
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. The Underground Life of Fear. 2003
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Only state
2003
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. The Underground Life of Fear. 2003
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Only state
2003