LOUISE BOURGEOIS: COMPLETE BOOKS & PRINTS

Themes:

Abstraction, Fabric Works, Nature

Techniques:

Digital

Description:

Fabric collage diptych, with 2 digital prints, and hand-dyed elements

Dimensions:

sheet (each): 33 x 42" (83.8 x 106.7 cm)

Signature:

"Louise Bourgeois" lower middle sheet verso of "Day," pencil.

Publisher:

Carolina Nitsch Editions, New York,
Lison Editions, New York (Louise Bourgeois)

Printer:

Dyenamix, New York

Edition:

9; plus 3 A.P.

Impression:

"AP 2/3" lower center sheet verso of "Day," pencil, unknown hand.

Edition Information:

There are slight variations in the hand-dyed fabric across this edition because of the dying process and folding. For the purpose of comparison, an additional example is reproduced below in the Evolving Composition Diagram.

Background:

The Louise Bourgeois Studio refers to the Source work, seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below, as a “drawing in fabric,” and to the editioned impressions as “facsimiles.” In order to conform to the formatting of this catalogue, that terminology has not been adopted here.

Bourgeois worked with Raylene Marasco of Dyenamix to create both the Source work and the edition. In the Source, the undulating compositional element in "Day" was cut from a pillowcase belonging to the artist. This element was digitally printed in the editioned impressions. The similar compositional element in "Night" was digitally printed in both the Source work and the editioned impressions.

The backgrounds in the Source work and in the editioned impressions were created with the Ombré hand-dying technique, which results in graduated coloring. The fabric was then folded to create diagonal bands and sewn in place.

MoMA Credit Line:

Gift of The Easton Foundation

MoMA Accession Number:

1536.2012.a-b

© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY