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Cat. No. 1114

The Climb

State/Variant:
Only state
Date:
2006
Themes:
Architecture
Techniques:
Etching
Description:
Soft ground etching, with watercolor, colored pencil, and pencil additions
Support:
Paper
Dimensions:
plate: 19 7/8 × 13 3/4" (50.5 × 35 cm); sheet: 27 3/4 × 20 1/2" (70.5 × 52.1 cm)
Signature:
"Louise Bourgeois" lower right margin, pencil.
Inscription:
"THE CLIMB" lower left margin, pencil, artist's hand.
Publisher:
Osiris, New York
Printer:
Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH
Edition:
5 known impressions of the only state, outside the illustrated book edition
Impression:
Not numbered
Edition Information:
This composition is included in the illustrated book edition "Hang On."

About the "Hang On" illustrated book edition:
Of the announced edition of 9 unbound and 12 bound, only 9 unbound examples were realized.

There are varying hand additions across the edition of illustrated books. Impression number 5/9 was also available for examination by MoMA cataloguers, but was not available for reproduction. In that example, plate 4 has chine collé, red and purple gouache, and pencil additions.
Curatorial Remarks:
The color of the hand additions, 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.

Untitled, plate 4 of 17, from the illustrated book, Hang On; The Climb
2004-2006

Source
2003

NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled. 2003
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled
Watercolor and pencil on paper
2003

States

Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, plate 4 of 17, from the illustrated book, Hang On. 2004
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, plate 4 of 17, from the illustrated book, Hang On
Only state
2004
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. The Climb. 2006
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION The Climb
Only state
2006
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. The Climb. 2006
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION The Climb
Only state
2006
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. The Climb. 2006
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION The Climb
Only state
2006
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. The Climb. 2006
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION The Climb
Only state
2006
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. The Climb. 2006
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION The Climb
Only state
2006

Illustrated Book
2004

NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Hang On. 2004
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Hang On
2004
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