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Louise Bourgeois. The Hour Is Devoted to Revenge, no. 7 of 9, component A, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem? 1999
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Cat. No. 665/A

The Hour Is Devoted to Revenge, no. 7 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:
Relief
Description:
Letterpress
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 an additional known impression of this composition, outside the edition. It is in MoMA's Collection (Accession Number: 1416.2008), and is not illustrated due to its similarity to the impression seen here.
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:
135.2000.8a
This Work in Other Collections:
Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich, Switzerland
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Tate Modern, London

The Hour Is Devoted to Revenge, no. 7 of 9, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem?
1999

Source
1998

NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled. 1998
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled
Pencil on paper
1998

Component A

Published Louise Bourgeois. The Hour Is Devoted to Revenge, no. 7 of 9, component A, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem? 1999
Component A: only state
1999

Component B

Published Louise Bourgeois. The Hour Is Devoted to Revenge, no. 7 of 9, component B, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem? 1999
Component B: only state
1999

Diptych

Published Louise Bourgeois. The Hour Is Devoted to Revenge, no. 7 of 9, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem? 1999
Components A and B: only state
1999

Series
1999

Louise Bourgeois. What Is the Shape of This Problem? 1999
What Is the Shape of This Problem?
1999
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