Cat. No. 982
One's Sleep
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 2003
- Themes:
- Abstraction
- Techniques:
- Aquatint, Etching
- Description:
- Soft ground etching and aquatint, with watercolor and gouache additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper, mounted on board
- Dimensions:
- plate (trimmed; approx.): 29 13/16 × 21 7/8" (75.8 × 55.5 cm); mount: 40 1/2 x 29 3/4" (102.9 x 75.6 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois" lower right margin, pencil.
- Inscription:
- "one's sleep." lower left margin, pencil, artist's hand.
- Publisher:
- Osiris, New York
- Printer:
- Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH
- Edition:
- 9; and an illustrated book edition of 12
- Impression:
- Verso: "1/9," paint, lower center board.
- Edition Information:
- In the edition of 9 individual impressions with hand additions, each is designated by the artist as a "study." (Usually in this catalogue, the term “study” describes photocopies and tracings that were used in the process of developing a composition.)
A separate edition of this composition was published as part of an illustrated book titled, "One's Sleep." The illustrated book includes 18 plates with hand additions. (See Evolving Composition Diagram.) - Curatorial Remarks:
- The sheet for this composition has been trimmed down to the plate mark and mounted on a board.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 542.2005
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY