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Cat. No. 1134

Rest (#4)

State/Variant:
Only state
Date:
2008
Themes:
Abstraction, Faces & Portraits, Figures
Techniques:
Etching
Description:
Soft ground etching, with gouache and pencil additions
Support:
Paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 18 3/4 × 39 3/8" (47.6 × 100 cm)
Signature:
"LB" lower right comp., pencil.
Inscription:
"Rest" lower left comp., pencil, artist's hand.
Publisher:
Osiris, New York
Printer:
Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH
Edition:
1 known impression and 1 known triptych of the only state
Impression:
Not numbered
Edition Information:
This single impression with hand additions is one of two known compositions to use this plate. Despite the numbering in the title, this is the only known "Rest" composition. There is also a composition that uses three impressions of this plate, all with hand additions. The triptych can be seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below.
Curatorial Remarks:
The plate size and paper type could not be documented because this work is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person.

Although the number in the title suggests there are multiple impressions titled "Rest," there are no additional impressions of this plate known at the time of cataloguing (2018).

Where I Am Going; Rest
2007-2008

States

Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Where I Am Going. 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Where I Am Going
Only state
2007
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Rest (#4). 2008
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Rest (#4)
Only state
2008