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Louise Bourgeois: Complete Books & Prints
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Cat. No. 1360

The Red Sky

Date:
2009
Themes:
Abstraction, Music, Nature, Words
Techniques:
Etching, Other
Description:
Series of 11 compositions: 2 etchings with hand additions, and 9 mixed media drawings
Support:
Paper and music paper; staves drawn in pencil
Dimensions:
Sheet sizes vary. See individual.
Signature:
See individual.
Publisher:
Osiris, New York
Printer:
Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH
Edition:
Unique
Impression:
Not numbered
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 series of 11 sheets constitutes a single work of art. All of these compositions are to be exhibited together in the indicated sequence.

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  • NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 1 of 11, from the series, The Red Sky. 2009
    Untitled, no. 1 of 11, from the...
    2009
    Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 1 of 11, from the series, The Red Sky. 2009
  • NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 2 of 11, from the series, The Red Sky. 2009
    Untitled, no. 2 of 11, from the...
    2009
    Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 2 of 11, from the series, The Red Sky. 2009
  • NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 3 of 11, from the series, The Red Sky. 2009
    Untitled, no. 3 of 11, from the...
    2009
    Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 3 of 11, from the series, The Red Sky. 2009
  • NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 4 of 11, from the series, The Red Sky. 2009
    Untitled, no. 4 of 11, from the...
    2009
    Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 4 of 11, from the series, The Red Sky. 2009
  • NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 5 of 11, from the series, The Red Sky. 2009
    Untitled, no. 5 of 11, from the...
    Only state, unique variant
    2009
    Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 5 of 11, from the series, The Red Sky. 2009
  • NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 6 of 11, from the series, The Red Sky. 2009
    Untitled, no. 6 of 11, from the...
    Unique variant
    2009
    Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 6 of 11, from the series, The Red Sky. 2009
  • NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 7 of 11, from the series, The Red Sky. 2009
    Untitled, no. 7 of 11, from the...
    2009
    Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 7 of 11, from the series, The Red Sky. 2009
  • NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 8 of 11, from the series, The Red Sky. 2009
    Untitled, no. 8 of 11, from the...
    2009
    Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 8 of 11, from the series, The Red Sky. 2009
  • NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 9 of 11, from the series, The Red Sky. 2009
    Untitled, no. 9 of 11, from the...
    2009
    Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 9 of 11, from the series, The Red Sky. 2009
  • NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 10 of 11, from the series, The Red Sky. 2009
    Untitled, no. 10 of 11, from the...
    2009
    Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 10 of 11, from the series, The Red Sky. 2009
  • NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 11 of 11, from the series, The Red Sky. 2009
    Untitled, no. 11 of 11, from the...
    2009
    Louise Bourgeois. Untitled, no. 11 of 11, from the series, The Red Sky. 2009