NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Cat. No. 1336
The Blue Fear
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 1989-2003
- Themes:
- Abstraction
- Techniques:
- Etching
- Description:
- Etching, with watercolor, ink, and gouache additions
- Support:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 6 7/8 × 4 15/16" (17.5 × 12.6 cm); sheet: 14 7/8 × 11" (37.8 × 27.9 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois" right lower margin, pencil.
- Publisher:
- Osiris, New York
- Printer:
- Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH
- Edition:
- 3
- Impression:
- Study 3/3
- Edition Information:
- There is 1 known impression of the only state, outside the edition.
Outside the edition, there is a diptych composition which combines this plate with the plate editioned as “The Pink Fear.” The diptych was published as part of the illustrated book, "One's Sleep." In the illustrated book edition, each book includes 18 plates with hand additions. Both the dyptich composition and “The Pink Fear” can be seen below in Related Works in the Catalogue. - Curatorial Remarks:
- The hand additions and paper type could not be documented because this work is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person. The plate dimensions are from the impression in MoMA's Collection. The overall mediums and sheet dimensions for the series were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
The Blue Fear
c. 1989-2003
States
Only state
c. 1989
c. 1989
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Only state
1989-2003
1989-2003
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Only state
1989-2003
1989-2003
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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