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Cat. No. 629

Untitled, no. 9 of 12, from the series, Spirals

State/Variant:
Only state
Date:
2005
Series:
Spirals (View All)
Themes:
Abstraction, Spirals
Techniques:
Relief
Description:
Woodcut
Support:
Smooth, thin, handmade Echizen Shikibu Gampi paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 14 x 16 5/8" (35.5 x 42.2 cm)
Signature:
"LB" lower right sheet, pencil.
Inscription:
"9" left lower sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
Publisher:
The artist
Printer:
Watanabe Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Edition:
15; plus 1 A.P.
Impression:
A.P. 1/1
Edition Information:
The Louise Bourgeois Studio has noted that Impression numbers, and numbers indicating sequence, are inscribed on the verso of each sheet; in addition, sheet no. 12 is signed on the verso: “Louise Bourgeois.” MoMA’s set has different numbering and signatures: the sequence numbers are inscribed, in the artist’s hand, on the recto of each sheet, and an “LB” signature is also on the recto of each sheet; Impression numbers do not appear on the recto or verso of any sheet.
State Changes and Additions:
Matrices:
Block 1: background (uncarved woodblock)

Block 2: spiral
Background:
The source drawings for no. 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, and 12 in this series come from the 2005 drawings series, “Je t’aime,” which has 60 double-sided drawings in all. The other five compositions in the “Spirals” series are independent of “Je t’aime.”
Installation Remarks:
This composition is one of 12 that constitute a single work of art. All of these compositions are to be exhibited together and in the indicated sequence.
Curatorial Remarks:
Images of nos. 2 and 8 from this series were made into teacup and saucer merchandise items, and no. 10 was made into a T-shirt merchandise item.
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
719.2006.9
This Work in Other Collections:
Tate Modern, London and National Galleries Scotland, Edinburgh. Lent by the Artist Rooms Foundation.

Untitled, no. 9 of 12, from the series, Spirals
2005

Source
1970

NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled. 1970
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled
Watercolor and charcoal on paper
1970

States

Published Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 9 of 12, from the series, Spirals. 2005
Only state
2005

Series
2005