LOUISE BOURGEOIS: COMPLETE BOOKS & PRINTS

Themes:

Architecture, Objects

Techniques:

Drypoint

Description:

Drypoint

Support:

Smooth, wove paper

Dimensions:

plate: 17 15/16 x 11" (45.6 x 27.9 cm); sheet: 20 1/2 x 16 3/8" (52 x 41.6 cm)

Signature:

"Louise Bourgeois" lower right margin, pencil.

Publisher:

Harlan & Weaver, New York

Printer:

Harlan & Weaver, New York

Edition:

12; plus 3 A.P., 2 P.P., 1 H.C., 1 B.A.T., and an edition of 3 on fabric

Impression:

"a.p. 2/3" lower left margin, pencil, unknown hand.

Edition Information:

There are 3 known variant impressions of the only state, on paper, outside the two editions.

The Louise Bourgeois Studio lists the H.C. impression on paper as a "dedication print" because Bourgeois inscribed it and gave it as a gift to a friend.

Background:

This composition and the composition of the same title included in Related Works in the Catalogue below are both based on the glass panes in the sliding door between Bourgeois’s kitchen and parlor. A photo that shows the door is included in the Related Works in Other Mediums below.

Curatorial Remarks:

The paper used for this edition was handmade by Gangolf Ulbricht, Berlin, for Bourgeois, and it has a custom watermark: "LB" enclosed in a rectangle.

MoMA Credit Line:

Gift of the artist

MoMA Accession Number:

339.2009

© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY