Strange Fellows

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
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unpublished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
Edition:
4 known variant impressions of state I
Edition Information:
Proof before the editioning of state II.
Impression:
Not numbered
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
Description:
Etching
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
Strange Fellows
Strange Fellows
Strange Fellows
Strange Fellows
Strange Fellows
Strange Fellows
Strange Fellows, plate 5 of 18, from the illustrated book, One's Sleep (1)
Strange Fellows, plate 5 of 18, from the illustrated book, One's Sleep (3)

Illustrated Book

2003

One's Sleep

Related Works in the Catalogue

Montée Difficile
The Sky's the Limit
In the Distance
the puritan
Plate 9 of 9, from the illustrated book, He Disappeared into Complete Silence, first edition (Example 1)

Related Works in Other Mediums

Pillar
Echo VIII
Untitled