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Cat. No. 427.1

The Night

State/Variant:
Version 1 of 2
Date:
2001
Themes:
Nature
Techniques:
Lithography
Description:
Lithograph, with blue ink and white gouache additions
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
composition: 17 1/16 x 14" (43.4 x 35.5 cm); sheet: 19 13/16 x 16 1/8" (50.3 x 41 cm)
Signature:
"LB" lower right margin, red ink.
Publisher:
unpublished
Printer:
SOLO Impression, New York
Edition:
1 known impression of version 1
Impression:
Not numbered
Edition Information:
Proof before the editioning of version 2.
State Changes and Additions:
Matrices:
The progression of this composition, as seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below, included 11 different aluminum lithography plates. The combinations of plates (and the colors of ink) vary from one impression to another.

Print State Changes:
Addition via masking: moon.
Curatorial Remarks:
The artist considered publishing an edition of version 1 after publishing version 2, but it never came to fruition.

A blended inking on one run created the blue to yellow-blue gradation.
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
1113.2008

The Night
2001

Source
1994-95

NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 220 of 220, from the series, The Insomnia Drawings. 1994-95
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 220 of 220, from the series...
Ink and pencil on paper
1994-95

First Version

Louise Bourgeois. The Night. 2001
Version 1 of 2
2001

Second Version

Louise Bourgeois. The Night. 2001
Version 2 of 2, variant
2001
Louise Bourgeois. The Night. 2001
Version 2 of 2, variant
2001
Louise Bourgeois. The Night. 2001
Version 2 of 2, variant
2001
Louise Bourgeois. The Night. 2001
Version 2 of 2, variant
2001
Louise Bourgeois. The Night. 2001
Version 2 of 2, variant
2001
Louise Bourgeois. The Night. 2001
Version 2 of 2, variant
2001
Published Louise Bourgeois. The Night. 2001
Version 2 of 2
2001