LOUISE BOURGEOIS: COMPLETE BOOKS & PRINTS

Descriptive Title:

Drips, Large Plate

Themes:

Abstraction

Techniques:

Aquatint, Drypoint

Description:

Aquatint

Support:

Smooth, wove paper

Dimensions:

plate: 14 7/8 x 11 7/8" (37.8 x 30.1 cm); sheet: 21 7/8 x 32 13/16" (55 x 83.3 cm)

Signature:

Not signed

Publisher:

unpublished

Printer:

Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH

Edition:

1 known impression of component C

Impression:

Not numbered

Edition Information:

Not issued as a published edition at any state.

This composition appears on its own and also as part of a diptych and a triptych. It is designated component C to distinguish it from the other plates used in the diptych and the triptych, which are designated component A and component B. (See Evolving Composition Diagram).

The plate used in component C was also issued as part of a two-plate composition for the edition of "The Ladder of Success," seen in Related Works in the Catalogue.

Background:

In 1989, to help Bourgeois prepare for what would be a major project together, "the puritan," Ben Shiff of Osiris, New York, provided her with test plates on which she made various technical experiments. See Related Works in the Catalogue.

Former Cat. No.:

W & S B3

MoMA Credit Line:

Gift of the artist

MoMA Accession Number:

652.1993

© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY