Cat. No. 1010/II
Strange Fellows
- State/Variant:
- State II of II
- Date:
- 1989-2003
- Alternate Title:
-
The Puritan
- Themes:
- Architecture
- Techniques:
- Etching
- Description:
- Etching
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate (overall): 33 1/8 × 6 7/8" (84.2 × 17.5 cm); sheet: 40 7/8 x 16 5/8" (103.8 x 42.2 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois" right lower margin, pencil.
- Inscription:
- "#6" left lower margin, pencil, unknown hand.
- Publisher:
- Osiris Editions, Hadley, Massachusetts
- Printer:
- Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH
- Edition:
- 6 (numbered 1/6-6/6); plus an edition of 8 with hand additions (numbered I/VIII-VIII/VIII), and an illustrated book edition of 12
- Impression:
- "6/6" lower left sheet verso, black colored pencil, artist's hand.
- Edition Information:
- State II was also published in a separate edition of 8, each with consistently applied hand additions.
A separate edition of this composition was published in an illustrated book titled, "One's Sleep." The illustrated book includes 18 plates with hand additions, in all. (See Evolving Composition Diagram.) - State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state I, in etching: new plates added to the left and right of the bottom plate, extending the width to match the top plate; new long, vertical plate added in between the top plate to the bottom plate.
- Background:
- This composition was initially developed in 1989 in conjunction with Benjamin Shiff, director of Osiris, as a preliminary trial for the book project "the puritan" (see below in Related Works in the Catalogue) although it did not ultimately appear in that book. Bourgeois and Shiff returned to the composition in 2003, creating impressions to issue in separate editions, and to include in the book “One’s Sleep".
- Artist’s Remarks:
- "This is not a column, it is a self-portrait... see the hair?" Pointing to the little house, Bourgeois said, "This is where I came from, but I'm smart... look what I became! It is completely free... it can stand alone." (Quote cited in Wye, Deborah and Carol Smith. “The Prints of Louise Bourgeois.” New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1994, p. 155.)
- Former Cat. No.:
- W & S 82
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 534.2005
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
The Strange Fellows
1989-2003
States
State I of II, variant
1989
1989
State I of II, variant
1989
1989
State I of II, variant
1989
1989
State I of II, variant
1989
1989
Published
State II of II
1989-2003
1989-2003
Published
State II of II
1989-2003
1989-2003
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
State II of II
2003
2003
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
State II of II
2003
2003
Illustrated Book
2003
-
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
-
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
-
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
