LOUISE BOURGEOIS: COMPLETE BOOKS & PRINTS

Themes:

Body Parts, Fabric Works, Music, Objects

Techniques:

Lithography

Description:

Lithograph

Support:

Fabric

Dimensions:

composition: 8 5/8 x 6 5/8" (21.9 x 16.8 cm); sheet: 11 x 8 3/4" (27.9 x 22.2 cm)

Signature:

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

Publisher:

SOLO Impression, New York

Printer:

SOLO Impression, New York

Edition:

10; plus 5 A.P., 1 B.A.T., 1 P.P., and an edition of 20 on paper, with 4 P.P., 2 T.P., 1 B.A.T.

Edition Information:

There are slight variations in the fabrics used in this edition, as is commonly found in the old fabrics Bourgeois chose to use as printing surfaces.

The 2 T.P. impressions in the edition on paper are signed in pencil in the lower right composition.

State Changes and Additions:

Matrices:
The progression of this composition, as seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below, involved 4 plates.
Plate 1: music staves; printed in gray.
Plate 2: hand; printed in pink.
Plates 3 and 4: hand; printed in red.

Print State Changes:
(4 of 4 runs)

Curatorial Remarks:

The type of fabric could not be documented because this impression is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person. Dimensions of fabric works often vary slightly due to stretching. The sheet and composition dimensions were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.

According to the Studio, the impression number is written on the verso in black ink on the lower seam for each impression.

© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY