
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Cat. No. 703
The Curved House
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- c. 2010
- Themes:
- Architecture, Figures, Objects
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with pencil additions
- Support:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- sheet: 10 7/8 × 22 3/8" (27.6 × 56.8 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right margin, pencil.
- Inscription:
- "The curved house" lower middle margin, pencil, artist's hand.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of the only state
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition.
- Curatorial Remarks:
- The paper type and plate size could not be documented because this work is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person. The sheet dimensions were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.
- Other Remarks:
- According to the artist's assistant, Jerry Gorovoy, Bourgeois's depictions of beds stem not only from their symbolic resonance but also from her interest in their geometric and architectural forms.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY