Cat. No. 1002
The Underground Life of Fear
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 2003
- Themes:
- Nature
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with red watercolor and ink additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper, mounted on board
- Dimensions:
- plate: 14 15/16 x 8 1/16" (38 x 20.5 cm); sheet: 28 x 18 1/4" (71.1 x 46.4 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois" right lower margin, pencil.
- Publisher:
- Osiris, New York
- Printer:
- Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH
- Edition:
- 3
- Impression:
- Verso: "hand painted study 1/3", lower center sheet, artist's hand.
- Edition Information:
- Outside the "The Underground Life of Fear" edition, there is a diptych composition which combines this plate with the plate editioned as “Spring.” The diptych was published as part of an illustrated book. In the illustrated book edition, each book includes 18 plates with hand additions. Both the dyptich composition and “Spring” can be seen below in Related Works in the Catalogue.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 544.2005
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY