Cat. No. 583/II
La Réparation, plate 3 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
- State/Variant:
- State II of IV
- Date:
- 2001
- Alternate Title:
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The Needle
- Descriptive Title:
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English translation: "The Reparation"
- Themes:
- Objects
- Techniques:
- Drypoint, Engraving
- Description:
- Drypoint and engraving
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 10 15/16 x 8 7/16" (27.8 x 21.5 cm); sheet: 14 9/16 x 11 1/4" (37 x 28.5 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 2 known impressions of state II
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state IV.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state I, by burnishing: lines in two pliers partially removed.
Changes from state I, in engraving: thread re-drawn. - Artist’s Remarks:
- "My mother would sit out in the sun and repair a tapestry or a petit point. She really loved it. This sense of reparation is very deep within me.
I break everything I touch because I am violent. I destroy my friendships, my love, my children. People would not generally suspect it, but the cruelty is there in the work. I break things because I am afraid and I spend my time repairing. I am a sadist because I am afraid. Yet the reconciliations between people never really stick." (Quote cited in Meyer-Thoss, Christiane. "Louise Bourgeois: Designing for Free Fall." Zurich: Ammann, 1992, p. 187.) - Installation Remarks:
- The prints in this portfolio can be shown as a group, or individually.
- Other Remarks:
- According to Bourgeois's assistant Jerry Gorovoy, the artist sometimes used pliers to push her threaded needle through the thick fabric of her stuffed sculptures. An example is included in Related Works in Other Mediums below. Gorovoy also noted that Bourgeois may have traced actual tools to create this composition, similiarly to how she traced common household objects to develop the 2006 print series, "Lullaby."
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1500.2008
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Tate Modern, London (state IV)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
La Réparation, plate 3 of 7, from the portfolio La Réparation
2001-2003
Source
2001
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
The Needle
Ink and pencil on paper
2001
Ink and pencil on paper
2001
States
State I of IV
2001
2001
State II of IV
2001
2001
State II of IV, variant
2001
2001
State III of IV, variant
2001
2001
State III of IV, variant
2001
2001
State III of IV, variant
2001
2001
State III of IV, variant
2001
2001
State III of IV, variant
2001
2001
Published
State IV of IV
2003
2003
Portfolio
2003
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
