
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Cat. No. 238
Couple
- Date:
- 2008
- Themes:
- Body Parts, Fabric Works, Figures, Motherhood & Family
- Techniques:
- Digital
- Description:
- Fabric collage, with 2 digital prints
- Dimensions:
- overall: 11 1/2 × 15 1/4" (29.2 × 38.7 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" right lower comp., stitched in red thread.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Dyenamix, New York
- Edition:
- Unique
- Edition Information:
- The left half of this diptych is an impression of "Girl with Hair," version 2 of 2, only state, outside the edition. The composition on the right half of the diptych also appears in "Self-Portrait," 2009, as seen below in Related Works in the Catalogue.
- Curatorial Remarks:
- This composition is comprised of two fabric sheets stitched together to combine two digital prints.
- Other Remarks:
- According to the Louise Bourgeois Studio, the composition on the right half of this diptych went through two steps involving digital printing. First, the Source work was used to create a digital print. (See "The Maternal Man" below in Related Works in the Catalogue.) Then, the baby was digitally removed, creating the composition seen here.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY