Cat. No. 1010/I, variant 2
Strange Fellows
- State/Variant:
- State I of II, variant
- Date:
- 1989
- Alternate Title:
-
The Puritan
- Themes:
- Architecture
- Techniques:
- Etching
- Description:
- Etching
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate (overall): 11 13/16 × 6 15/16" (30 × 17.7 cm); sheet: 23 1/4 x 15 11/16" (59 x 39.8 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH
- Edition:
- 4 known variant impressions of state I
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state II.
- Background:
- This composition was initially developed in 1989 in conjunction with Benjamin Shiff, director of Osiris, as a preliminary trial for the book project "the puritan" (see below in Related Works in the Catalogue) although it did not ultimately appear in that book. Bourgeois and Shiff returned to the composition in 2003, creating impressions with hand additions, and also impressions for inclusion in the book, “One’s Sleep".
- Former Cat. No.:
- W & S 82
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 98.1994
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
The Strange Fellows
1989-2003
States
State I of II, variant
1989
1989
State I of II, variant
1989
1989
State I of II, variant
1989
1989
State I of II, variant
1989
1989
Published
State II of II
1989-2003
1989-2003
Published
State II of II
1989-2003
1989-2003
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
State II of II
2003
2003
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
State II of II
2003
2003
Illustrated Book
2003
-
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
-
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
-
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
