LOUISE BOURGEOIS: COMPLETE BOOKS & PRINTS

Themes:

Nature, Words

Techniques:

Drypoint, Engraving

Description:

Drypoint and engraving

Support:

Smooth, wove paper

Dimensions:

plate: 21 15/16 x 26" (55.7 x 66 cm); sheet: 29 3/4 x 32 1/4" (75.5 x 81.9 cm)

Signature:

"Louise Bourgeois 2003" lower right margin, pencil.

Publisher:

The artist

Printer:

Harlan & Weaver, New York

Edition:

40; plus 6 A.P., 1 B.A.T.

Impression:

"32/40" lower left margin, pencil, artist's hand.

State Changes and Additions:

Matrices:
The progression of this version 2, as seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below, involved 3 plates.

Plate 1: overall composition, printed in black.
Plate 2: hatching in trees, printed in red.
Plate 3: shading along left, upper, and right contours of plate, printed in blue.

State Changes:
Plate 1, printed in black.
Changes from version 2, state VIII, by burnishing: large areas of burr removed; lines delineating road lightened.

Background:

Louise Bourgeois, her husband Robert Goldwater, and their son Michel Bourgeois are all buried in Cutchogue Cemetery, Cutchogue, New York. This composition was initially developed as a benefit for The Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery Association, but the benefit did not come to fruition.

MoMA Credit Line:

Gift of the artist

MoMA Accession Number:

900.2010

© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY