Louise Bourgeois. Repairs in the Sky, no. 3 of 9, component A, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem? (1999)

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Louise Bourgeois. Repairs in the Sky, no. 3 of 9, component A, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem? 1999

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Cat. No. 661/A

Repairs in the Sky, no. 3 of 9, component A, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem?

State/Variant:: Component A: only state
Date:: 1999

Themes:: Abstraction
Techniques:: Lithography, Relief
Description:: Letterpress and lithograph
Support:: Smooth, wove Arches paper
Dimensions:: sheet: 12 × 17" (30.5 × 43.2 cm)
Signature:: "LB" right lower sheet, pencil.
Publisher:: Galerie Lelong, Paris,
Galerie Lelong, New York
Printer:: SOLO Impression, New York
Edition:: See diptych in Evolving Composition Diagram below.
Impression:: "AP 2" left lower sheet, pencil, unknown hand.
Edition Information:: There is 1 known variant impression of the only state, outside the edition.
Background:: The text in this series was taken from Bourgeois's diary entries, spanning some forty years. The images are based on drawings created in the 1990s. Printer Judith Solodkin of SOLO Impression made photo-enlargements of the drawings and transferred them to letterpress plates.
Installation Remarks:: Each diptych in this series constitutes a single composition and must be exhibited in a vertical configuration as illustrated, or alternatively, with the text on top of the image. The diptychs in the series may be exhibited together or separately, and there is no required sequence.
Curatorial Remarks:: This series was reproduced on a set of note cards as a merchandise item. A tote bag merchandise item was made from no. 9.
MoMA Credit Line:: Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:: 135.2000.4a
This Work in Other Collections:: Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich, Switzerland
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Tate Modern, London

© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Repairs in the Sky, no. 3 of 9, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem?
1999

Source
1997

NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION

Louise Bourgeois. Night: The Spider Weaves a Web of Friendships. 1997

NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Night: The Spider Weaves a Web of Friendships
Red ink and pencil on paper
1997

Component A

NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION

Louise Bourgeois. The Spider Weaves a Web of Friendships, component A, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem? 1999

NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Component A: only state, variant
1999

Published

Component A: only state
1999

Component B

Published

Louise Bourgeois. Repairs in the Sky, no. 3 of 9, component B, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem? 1999

Component B: only state
1999

Diptych

Published

Louise Bourgeois. Repairs in the Sky, no. 3 of 9, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem? 1999

Components A and B: only state
1999

Series
1999

What Is the Shape of This Problem?
1999

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