LOUISE BOURGEOIS: COMPLETE BOOKS & PRINTS

Themes:

Fabric Works, Music, Objects

Techniques:

Drypoint, Lithography

Description:

Drypoint and lithograph

Support:

Fabric

Dimensions:

plate: 8 9/16 x 10 7/8" (21.7 x 27.7 cm); composition: 17 5/8 x 22 9/16" (44.7 x 57.3 cm); sheet: 20 1/8 x 24 3/4" (51.1 x 62.9 cm)

Signature:

"LB" lower right composition, stitched in red thread.

Publisher:

unpublished

Printer:

Harlan & Weaver, New York,
SOLO Impression, New York

Edition:

6 known variant impressions of version 3, only state

Impression:

Not numbered

Edition Information:

Version 3 was not issued as a published edition. The published edition, issued in 2005, is version 1, state VI.

State Changes and Additions:

Changes from version 2, state II: version 1, state VI and version 2, state II printed on top of each other.

Curatorial Remarks:

Harlan & Weaver printed the drypoint plate; SOLO Impression printed the lithographed music staves on the fabric.

This impression has light staining, as is commonly found in the old fabrics Bourgeois chose to use as printing surfaces.

MoMA Credit Line:

Gift of the artist

MoMA Accession Number:

32.2012

This Work in Other Collections:

Tate Modern, London

© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY