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Cat. No. 771, unique variant 8

Nous Sommes Cinq

State/Variant:
Only state, unique variant
Date:
2007
Alternate Title:
Plates 3, 5, and 6
Descriptive Title:
English translation: "We Are Five"
Themes:
Abstraction, Body Parts, Nature
Techniques:
Etching
Description:
panel (a): Soft ground etching, with watercolor additions
panel (b): Soft ground etching, with watercolor, gouache, and pencil additions
panel (c): Soft ground etching, with watercolor and colored pencil additions
panel (d): Soft ground etching, with watercolor and pencil additions
panel (e): Soft ground etching, with watercolor additions
Support:
Paper (5 sheets)
Dimensions:
plate (a-e) (each): 15 3/8 × 11" (39.1 × 27.9 cm); sheet (a): 15 1/2 × 11 1/8" (39.4 × 28.3 cm); sheet (b): 16 1/8 × 11 3/4" (41 × 29.8 cm); sheet (c): 16 × 11 3/4" (40.6 × 29.8 cm); sheet (d): 15 3/4 × 11 3/8" (40 × 28.9 cm); sheet (e): 15 5/8 × 11 1/4" (39.7 × 28.6 cm)
Signature:
panel (a): "LB" lower right comp., pencil.
panel (b): "LB" lower right comp., pencil.
panel (c): "LB" lower right comp., pencil.
panel (d): "Louise Bourgeois" lower right comp., pencil.
panel (e): "LB" lower right comp., pencil.
Inscription:
panel (a) verso: "nous sommes / cinq / left 1" lower center sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
panel (b) verso: "center left- 2" lower center sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
panel (c) verso: "center / 3" lower right sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
panel (d) verso: "center / 4 right" lower right sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
panel (e) verso: "nous sommes / cinq / right 5" center to lower center sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
Publisher:
Osiris, New York
Printer:
Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH
Edition:
Unique
Impression:
Not numbered
Edition Information:
This unique variant is one of 13 that incorporates one or more plates from “Look Up!” seen in the States row in the Evolving Composition Diagram below. The plates are numbered according to their positions from top to bottom. Here, the composition is made up of plates 3, 5, and 6.

Unique variants of the “Look Up!” plates are also found in the series of installation sets, “La Rivière Gentille” (1-3). They are organized in rows in the Evolving Composition Diagram below according to their combination of plates.
State Changes and Additions:
Matrices:
This 5-panel composition uses plates 3, 5, and 6 seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below.

panels (a) and (e): plate 3

panel (b): plate 6

panels (c) and (d): plate 5
Background:
Benjamin Shiff, the director of the Osiris imprint, collaborated with Bourgeois in a highly experimental phase of printmaking that occupied the last years of her life, from 2005 to 2010. He first established a working relationship with the artist in the 1990s, but the late period is particularly noteworthy for the innovative and complex large-scale projects that evolved at that time. Shiff made use of professional workshops for printing, but he oversaw the creation of the printing plates as Bourgeois worked on them in her home studio. He also provided assistance as she added extensive hand additions and texts, and as she combined individual compositions into multi-panel works and illustrated books.
Installation Remarks:
This 5-panel work constitutes a single work of art. All of these panels are to be exhibited together and in the indicated sequence.
Curatorial Remarks:
The color of the hand additions and paper type could not be documented because this work is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person. The plate dimensions are from the impressions of plate 3, 5, and 6 in MoMA’s Collection. The sheet dimensions were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.

Look Up!; La Rivière Gentille; No. 7 in Nothing to Remember (set 1)
2004-2010

Plates 1-7

Louise Bourgeois. Plate 1 of 7 from Look Up! 2005
Plate 1 of 7 from Look Up!
Only state
2005
Louise Bourgeois. Plate 2 of 7 from Look Up! 2005
Plate 2 of 7 from Look Up!
Only state
2005
Louise Bourgeois. Plate 3 of 7 from Look Up! 2005
Plate 3 of 7 from Look Up!
Only state
2005
Louise Bourgeois. Plate 4 of 7 from Look Up! 2005
Plate 4 of 7 from Look Up!
Only state
2005
Louise Bourgeois. Plate 5 of 7 from Look Up! 2005
Plate 5 of 7 from Look Up!
Only state
2005
Louise Bourgeois. Plate 6 of 7 from Look Up! 2005
Plate 6 of 7 from Look Up!
Only state
2005
Louise Bourgeois. Plate 7 of 7 from Look Up! 2005
Plate 7 of 7 from Look Up!
Only state
2005

States

Published Louise Bourgeois. Look Up! 2009
Look Up!
Only state, variant
2009
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Look Up! 2009
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Look Up!
Only state
2009
Published Louise Bourgeois. Look Up! 2009
Look Up!
Only state
2009

Unique Variants

Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. C'est le Murmure de l'Eau Qui Chante. 2005
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION C'est le Murmure de l'Eau Qui Chante
Only state, unique variant
2005
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 7, in Nothing to Remember (set 1), from the series of folio sets (1-6). 2004-2006
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 7, in Nothing to Remember (set 1), from the series of folio sets (1-6)
Only state, unique variant
2004-2006
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. La Pousse Bleue. 2006
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION La Pousse Bleue
Only state, unique variant
2006
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Pregnant Woman. 2006
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Pregnant Woman
Only state, unique variant
2006
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Les Trois. 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Les Trois
Only state, unique variant
2007
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Les Cinq. 2006
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Les Cinq
Only state, unique variant
2006
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Nous Deux. 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Nous Deux
Only state, unique variant
2007
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Nous Sommes Cinq. 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Nous Sommes Cinq
Only state, unique variant
2007
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Look Up!! (#1). 2009
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Look Up!! (#1)
Only state, unique variant
2009
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Look Up!! (#2). 2009
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Look Up!! (#2)
Only state, unique variant
2009
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Look Up!! (#3). 2010
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Look Up!! (#3)
Only state, unique variant
2010
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Look Up!! (#4). 2010
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Look Up!! (#4)
Only state, unique variant
2010
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Look Up!! (#5). 2010
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Look Up!! (#5)
Only state, unique variant
2010

La Rivière Gentille pl. 5 & 6

Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 2 of 42 in La Rivière Gentille (set 1), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 2 of 42 in La Rivière Gentille (set 1), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 6 of 42 in La Rivière Gentille (set 1), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 6 of 42 in La Rivière Gentille (set 1), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 12 of 42 in La Rivière Gentille (set 1), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 12 of 42 in La Rivière Gentille (set 1), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 23 of 42 in La Rivière Gentille (set 1), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 23 of 42 in La Rivière Gentille (set 1), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 8 of 48 in La Rivière Gentille (set 2), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 8 of 48 in La Rivière Gentille (set 2), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 12 of 48 in La Rivière Gentille (set 2), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 12 of 48 in La Rivière Gentille (set 2), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 21 of 48 in La Rivière Gentille (set 2), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 21 of 48 in La Rivière Gentille (set 2), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 35 of 48 in La Rivière Gentille (set 2), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 35 of 48 in La Rivière Gentille (set 2), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 27 of 30 in La Rivière Gentille (set 3), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 27 of 30 in La Rivière Gentille (set 3), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007

La Rivière Gentille pl. 1 & 2

Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 3 of 42 in La Rivière Gentille (set 1), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 3 of 42 in La Rivière Gentille (set 1), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 5 of 42 in La Rivière Gentille (set 1), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 5 of 42 in La Rivière Gentille (set 1), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 8 of 42 in La Rivière Gentille (set 1), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 8 of 42 in La Rivière Gentille (set 1), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 25 of 42 in La Rivière Gentille (set 1), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 25 of 42 in La Rivière Gentille (set 1), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 34 of 42 in La Rivière Gentille (set 1), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 34 of 42 in La Rivière Gentille (set 1), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 41 of 42 in La Rivière Gentille (set 1), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 41 of 42 in La Rivière Gentille (set 1), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 10 of 48 in La Rivière Gentille (set 2), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 10 of 48 in La Rivière Gentille (set 2), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 2 of 30 in La Rivière Gentille (set 3), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 2 of 30 in La Rivière Gentille (set 3), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 3 of 30 in La Rivière Gentille (set 3), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 3 of 30 in La Rivière Gentille (set 3), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 4 of 30 in La Rivière Gentille (set 3), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 4 of 30 in La Rivière Gentille (set 3), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 6 of 30 in La Rivière Gentille (set 3), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 6 of 30 in La Rivière Gentille (set 3), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 15 of 30 in La Rivière Gentille (set 3), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 15 of 30 in La Rivière Gentille (set 3), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 25 of 30 in La Rivière Gentille (set 3), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 25 of 30 in La Rivière Gentille (set 3), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007

La Rivière Gentille pl. 2 & 3

Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 10 of 42 in La Rivière Gentille (set 1), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 10 of 42 in La Rivière Gentille (set 1), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 29 of 42 in La Rivière Gentille (set 1), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 29 of 42 in La Rivière Gentille (set 1), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 33 of 42 in La Rivière Gentille (set 1), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 33 of 42 in La Rivière Gentille (set 1), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 40 of 48 in La Rivière Gentille (set 2), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 40 of 48 in La Rivière Gentille (set 2), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 22 of 30 in La Rivière Gentille (set 3), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 22 of 30 in La Rivière Gentille (set 3), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007

La Rivière Gentille pl. 3 & 5

Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 19 of 42 in La Rivière Gentille (set 1), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 19 of 42 in La Rivière Gentille (set 1), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 28 of 30 in La Rivière Gentille (set 3), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 28 of 30 in La Rivière Gentille (set 3), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007

La Rivière Gentille pl. 1, 2 & 3

Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 23 of 48 in La Rivière Gentille (set 2), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 23 of 48 in La Rivière Gentille (set 2), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 27 of 48 in La Rivière Gentille (set 2), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 27 of 48 in La Rivière Gentille (set 2), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 24 of 30 in La Rivière Gentille (set 3), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 24 of 30 in La Rivière Gentille (set 3), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007

La Rivière Gentille pl. 2, 3 & 5

Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 9 of 30 in La Rivière Gentille (set 3), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 9 of 30 in La Rivière Gentille (set 3), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007

La Rivière Gentille pl. 3, 5 & 6

Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 26 of 30 in La Rivière Gentille (set 3), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 26 of 30 in La Rivière Gentille (set 3), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 29 of 30 in La Rivière Gentille (set 3), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 29 of 30 in La Rivière Gentille (set 3), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007

La Rivière Gentille pl. 2-3, 5-6

Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 23 of 30 in La Rivière Gentille (set 3), from the series of installation sets (1-3). 2007
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled, no. 23 of 30 in La Rivière Gentille (set 3), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Only state, unique variant
2007