Louise Bourgeois. Leaves 4 (2006)

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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION

Cat. No. 489, unique variant 4

Leaves 4

State/Variant:: Only state, unique variant
Date:: 2006

Themes:: Fabric Works, Nature
Techniques:: Etching
Description:: Soft ground etching, with red watercolor, red, pink, and white gouache, red ink, red colored pencil, and pencil additions
Support:: Fabric
Dimensions:: plate: 55 1/2 x 9 13/16" (141 x 25 cm); sheet: 56 1/4 x 17 1/2" (142.9 x 44.5 cm)
Signature:: "LB" right lower margin, stitched in red thread.
Publisher:: Osiris, New York
Printer:: Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH
Edition:: Unique
Impression:: Not numbered
Edition Information:: This is one of 18 unique variants that incorporate this plate, printed alone or in combination with another plate. When the plate is printed alone, the work is included in the Evolving Composition Diagram. When it is printed with another plate, it is included in Related Works in the Catalogue.

See Evolving Composition Diagram:
“Leaves 1”
“Leaves 2”
“Leaves 3”
“Leaves 4”
"Leaves"
Untitled, plate 3 of 5, from the illustrated book, “Duration and Intensité”
Untitled, plate 5 of 5, from the illustrated book, “Duration and Intensité”
Untitled, no. 1 of 5, from the series, "The Vocabulary of Seduction"

See Related Works in the Catalogue:
“Eccentric Growth I”
“Eccentric Growth II”
“Eccentric Growth III”
“Eccentric Growth IV”
“Eccentric Growth V”
“Eccentric Growth VI”
("Eccentric Growth VII" was destroyed by the artist)
“Eccentric Growth VIII”
“Eccentric Growth IX”
Untitled, no. 3 of 3, from the series, "Evening of My Life"
Untitled, no. 2 of 4, from the series, "Inner Truths or Outer Truths"

About the "Leaves" edition:
There is 1 known impression of the only state, outside the edition. It is inscribed "first proof" in the lower left margin. It is not shown due to its similarity to this impression.

There are 2 known cancellation proofs on paper, each with a large "X" drawn across the composition from each corner of the plate.
Background:: Benjamin Shiff, the director of the Osiris imprint, collaborated with Bourgeois in a highly experimental phase of printmaking that occupied the last years of her life, from 2005 to 2010. He first established a working relationship with the artist in the 1990s, but the late period is particularly noteworthy for the innovative and complex large-scale projects that evolved at that time. Shiff made use of professional workshops for printing, but he oversaw the creation of the printing plates as Bourgeois worked on them in her home studio. He also provided assistance as she added extensive hand additions and texts, and as she combined individual compositions into multi-panel works and illustrated books.
Curatorial Remarks:: The plate dimensions of this impression could not be documented because this impression is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person. The plate dimensions are from the impression on paper in MoMA’s Collection. Dimensions of fabric works often vary slightly due to stretching. The sheet dimensions were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.