Louise Bourgeois. Spring (2005)

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Cat. No. 1001

Spring

State/Variant:: Only state
Date:: 2005

Themes:: Nature
Techniques:: Drypoint
Description:: 4 drypoints, with blue watercolor additions
Support:: Paper in various shades, mounted on paper
Dimensions:: plate (a, b, c, d) (each): 11 13/16 × 9 15/16" (30 × 25.3 cm); sheet (a, b, c, d) (each): 11 7/8 × 10 1/16" (30.2 × 25.5 cm); mount: 19 3/8 × 50 1/8" (49.2 × 127.3 cm)
Signature:: "Louise Bourgeois." lower right to right lower margin, pencil.
Inscription:: "Spring" left lower margin, pencil, artist's hand.
Publisher:: Osiris, New York
Printer:: Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH
Edition:: 5
Impression:: 1/5
Edition Information:: This edition is unique in that the color of the paper and the hand additions vary slightly from impression to impression, and from panel to panel.

There is 1 known variant impression of the only state, outside the edition.

Outside the "Spring" edition, there is a diptych composition which combines this plate with the plate editioned as “The Underground Life of Fear.” The diptych was published as part of an illustrated book. In the illustrated book edition, each book includes 18 plates with hand additions. Both the dyptich composition and “The Underground Life of Fear” can be seen below in Related Works in the Catalogue.
Curatorial Remarks:: The paper type, plate dimensions, and sheet dimensions of this impression could not be documented because this impression is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person. The plate and sheet dimensions are from the published impression in MoMA’s Collection. The mount dimensions were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.