NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Cat. No. 1141
Ne Demande Pas Trop Contente Toi de Peu
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 2004
- Descriptive Title:
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English translation: "Don't Ask for Too Much Be Content with Less"
- Themes:
- Words
- Techniques:
- Screenprint
- Description:
- Screenprint
- Support:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- sheet: 22 3/8 × 30" (56.8 × 76.2 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" right lower margin, pencil.
- Publisher:
- Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent
- Printer:
- Procuniar Workshop, New York
- Edition:
- 100; plus 10 A.P., 3 P.P.
- Impression:
- "A.P. 1/10" left lower margin, pencil, unknown hand.
- Benefit Work:
- For Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent
- Background:
- Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.) is a contemporary art museum in Ghent, Belgium.
- Curatorial Remarks:
- The paper type and composition size could not be documented because this work is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person.
- Other Remarks:
- Wendy Williams, Managing Director of the Louise Bourgeois Studio, remembers laying out words in different font sizes and positions, and faxing them to the artist as she considered various projects. The source drawing is an example of one of these mock-ups.
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Ne Demande Pas Trop Contente Toi de Peu
2004
Source
2004
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Ne Demande Pas Trop Contente Toi de Peu
Photocopy, with ink additions
2004
Photocopy, with ink additions
2004
States
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Only state
2004
2004
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
