LOUISE BOURGEOIS: COMPLETE BOOKS & PRINTS

Alternate Title:

Still Life; Interior 63 Park—No One; 63 Park

Themes:

Architecture, Objects

Techniques:

Lithography

Description:

Lithograph

Support:

Smooth, wove Rives paper

Dimensions:

composition: 9 3/16 x 11 11/16" (23.3 x 29.7 cm); sheet: 11 1/2 x 16" (29.2 x 40.6 cm)

Signature:

"L Bourgeois" lower right margin, pencil.

Inscription:

"Composition" lower left margin, pencil, artist's hand.

The alternate titles derive from inscriptions on impressions not in MoMA's Collection and not included in the Evolving Composition Diagram below.

Publisher:

The artist

Printer:

The Art Students League of New York

Edition:

11 known impressions of the only state

Impression:

Not numbered

Edition Information:

Although there are 11 known impressions of this composition, 2 are numbered 4/7 and 4/10.

Background:

When Bourgeois arrived in New York City in October 1938, she moved into her husband Robert Goldwater's apartment at 63 Park Avenue. She lived there until September 1939, and then moved to 333 East 41st Street, which served as the couple's home and the artist's studio.

American painter and printmaker, Will Barnet (1911-2012) was the master printer at The Art Students League and printed Bourgeois's lithographs.

Artist’s Remarks:

In referring to her early prints of people and interiors, Bourgeois said: "I love portraits. I never used a camera. This was my way of recording my life." (Quote cited in Wye, Deborah and Carol Smith. "The Prints of Louise Bourgeois." New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1994, p. 48.)

Former Cat. No.:

W & S 12

MoMA Credit Line:

Gift of the artist

MoMA Accession Number:

121.1990

© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY