Cat. No. 10b
Untitled, plate 7 of 9, from the portfolio, Ode à Ma Mère
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 1995
- Portfolio:
- Ode à Ma Mère
- Themes
- Spiders
- Techniques
- Drypoint
- Support:
- Smooth, wove Dieu Donné paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 8 1/2 x 6 1/4" (21.6 x 15.8 cm); sheet: 11 13/16 x 11 13/16" (30 x 30 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois .95" lower right margin, pencil.
- Publisher
- Les Éditions du Solstice
- Printer
- Harlan & Weaver
- Edition:
- 45; plus an illustrated book version with an edition of 90 with 35 H.C.
- Edition Information:
- There is 1 known variant impression outside the two editions.
- Impression:
- "41/45" lower left margin, pencil, unknown hand.
- Background:
- This portfolio accompanies the illustrated book project conceived for Les Éditions du Solstice, a Parisian illustrated book society, under the direction of Jean-Claude Meyer. Bourgeois also contributed a frontispiece, “Spiraling Eyes,” to another of their publications: "Les Éditions du Solstice: Annuaire de la Décennie, 1989-1999," a volume documenting the activities of the society. Les Éditions du Solstice was founded under French law in 1901 to promote book collecting, and it publishes a limited edition, illustrated literary work every year or so. The maximum edition is 120 and copies are distributed to members. Other examples of their literary works include "La Nouvelle chute de l’Amérique" by Allen Ginsberg, with illustrations by Roy Lichtenstein, and "Sans Titre" by Hans Magnus Enzensberger, with illustrations by Markus Lüpertz.
- Descriptive Title:
- English translation: "Ode to My Mother"
- Description:
- Drypoint, with selective wiping
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 886.1996.7
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Cleveland Museum of Art, OH
Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
Maier Museum of Art, Randolph College, VA
Tate Modern, London
Only state
1995
Untitled, plate 7 of 9, from the illustrated book, Ode à Ma Mère
1995
Source
1994
Spider
1994
Spider
1994
Medium: Watercolor and ink on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 11 3/4 x 11 1/2" (29.8 x 29.2 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Only state, variant
1995
Untitled, plate 7 of 9, from the illustrated book,<i> Ode à Ma Mère</i>
1995
Only state
1995
Untitled, plate 7 of 9, from the illustrated book,<i> Ode à Ma Mère</i>
1995
Only state
1995
Untitled, plate 7 of 9, from the portfolio,<i> Ode à Ma Mère</i>
1995
Portfolio
1995
Ode à Ma Mère
1995
<i>Ode à Ma Mère</i>
1995
Illustrated Book
1995
Ode à Ma Mère
1995
<i>Ode à Ma Mère</i>
1995
Related Works in Other Mediums
Spider
1997
Spider
1997
Medium: Charcoal and ink on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 11 5/8 x 9" (29.5 x 22.9 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Spider
1995
Spider
1995
Medium: Steel and marble
Dimensions: overall: 133 x 253 x 185" (337.8 x 642.6 x 469.9 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY