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Cat. No. 1335

The Sky Was Spinning

State/Variant:
Only state
Date:
2008
Themes:
Abstraction, Nature, Spirals
Techniques:
Etching
Description:
Etching, with gouache, watercolor, and pencil additions
Support:
Paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 5 1/4 × 8 3/4" (13.3 × 22.2 cm)
Signature:
"LB" right lower margin, pencil.
Inscription:
"The Sky Was Spinning" lower middle margin, pencil, artist's hand.
Publisher:
Osiris, New York
Printer:
Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH
Edition:
Unique
Impression:
Not numbered
Edition Information:
Two plates are superimposed in this composition; one is printed in blue and the other is printed in red. The plate printed in blue also appears in Untitled (Orbits and Gravity #1) (second panel), Untitled (Orbits and Gravity #2) (left panel), Untitled (Orbits and Gravity #3), and in “Fall.” The plate printed in red also appears in Untitled (Orbits and Gravity #1) (third panel), Untitled (Orbits and Gravity #4) (B), and in Untitled (Orbits and Gravity #6) (left plate, center of sheet). All are seen in Related Works in the Catalogue.
Curatorial Remarks:
The color of the hand additions, plate size, and paper type could not be documented because this work is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person.

The Sky Was Spinning
2008

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Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. The Sky Was Spinning. 2008
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Only state
2008