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Cat. No. 763

Fences Are Obsolete

State/Variant:
Only state
Date:
1999
Themes:
Architecture
Techniques:
Drypoint
Description:
Drypoint
Support:
Smooth, wove Hahnemühle paper
Dimensions:
plate: 7 15/16 × 10 7/8" (20.1 × 27.7 cm); sheet: 15 1/16 x 17 1/8" (38.3 x 43.5 cm)
Signature:
"Louise Bourgeois 1999" lower right margin, pencil.
Publisher:
Harlan & Weaver, New York
Printer:
Harlan & Weaver, New York
Edition:
Edition: 25; plus 7 A.P., 5 P.P., 2 H.C., 1 B.A.T.
Impression:
"AP 6/7" lower left margin, pencil, artist's hand.
Edition Information:
The additional known impression of the only state, outside the edition, is in MoMA's Collection (Accession Number: 906.2008). It is not illustrated, due to its similarity to the impression seen here.
Curatorial Remarks:
Publisher Harlan & Weaver groups the editioned state of this composition with ten other drypoints of 1999, under the title, “11 Drypoints.” Each of the 11 compositions can be displayed individually. The full set is as follows:
“The Accident”
“The Angry Cat”
“Don’t Put Your Foot in Your Mouth”
“Fear”
“Feet (Socks)”
“Fences Are Obsolete”
“Madeleine”
“Mosquito”
“Mother and Child”
“Please Hang in There”
“The Smell of the Feet”
Bibliography:
Malbert, Roger, and Juliet Mitchell. "Louise Bourgeois: Autobiographical Prints." London: Hayward, 2016. (Catalogue accompanying the touring exhibition "Louise Bourgeois Prints: Autobiographical Series and 11 Drypoints".)
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
418.1999

Fences Are Obsolete
1999

Source
1998

NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Music on the Airs. 1998
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Music on the Airs
Ink on paper
1998

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Louise Bourgeois. Fences Are Obsolete. 1999
Only state, variant
1999
Louise Bourgeois. Fences Are Obsolete. 1999
Only state, variant
1999
Published Louise Bourgeois. Fences Are Obsolete. 1999
Only state
1999