
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Cat. No. 521, variant 1
The Birth
- State/Variant:
- Only state, variant
- Date:
- 2007
- Themes:
- Fabric Works, Figures, Motherhood & Family
- Techniques:
- Digital
- Description:
- Digital print, with fabric collage
- Support:
- Fabric
- Dimensions:
- overall: 30 x 25 x 2" (76.2 x 63.5 x 5.1 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right sheet, stitched in tan thread. Verso: "Louise Bourgeois" pencil.
- Publisher:
- The artist
- Printer:
- Dyenamix, New York
- Edition:
- 3 known variant impressions of the only state
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- There are variations in the fabrics used in the 3 known impressions of this composition. Additionally, each impression in the edition has a different title.
- Background:
- The source drawing for this composition is Untitled, no. 6 of 6, from the series, "The Passage." The series can be seen in full in Related Works in Other Mediums below. Untitled, no. 4 of 6, from the series, "The Passage" is the source drawing for a different edition of digital prints, which can be seen in Related Works in the Catalogue.
- Curatorial Remarks:
- The signature on the verso is not fully documented because this work is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY