Opening Up
2007-2010
Unique Variants
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2007
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Louise Bourgeois,
This Need,
New York, Osiris, 2007Bourgeois's entire text for this series appears on the panels cited below.
No. 1:
I
cannot help
this need
in the morning
No. 2:
This
need
to grow
obsessive miniscules éléments
géométrique circulaire patterns
repeated indéfiniment
expresses the fear not to be
No. 3:
It
is stronger
than hunger
or thirst
French to English translations by Richard Sieburth and Françoise Gramet.
No. 1:
I
cannot help
this need
in the morning
No. 2:
This
need
to grow
obsessive miniscule elements
geometric circular patterns
repeated indefinitely
expresses the fear not to be
No. 3:
It
is stronger
than hunger
or thirst