Cat. No. 554, variant 1
Side by Side
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 1989
- Alternate Title:
- Ambition with Shadows
- Themes
- Architecture
- Techniques
- Etching
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 8 15/16 x 6 11/16" (22.7 x 17 cm); sheet: 15 3/4 x 11 5/8" (40 x 29.5cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Publisher
- unpublished
- Printer
- Wingate Studio
- Edition:
- 4 known variant impressions, outside the editions
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of the only state in the edition of 10 and the illustrated book edition of 18.
- 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 additional impressions with hand additions to edition and to include in the book "One's Sleep".
- Former Cat. No.:
- W & S 84
- Description:
- Etching
- Inscription:
- Verso: "curtains / eyes / sleeping figure / the road / + trees / les 2 montagnes / gelées / the 2 stairs" right sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
- Artist’s Remarks:
- "I tried to give validity to that transparent building... I tried to make it more real by putting it in a setting. There is a moon... there are shadows... it has reality... it is not a dream." Then, as if addressing the building on the left, she said, "You found a friend. You think you're ambitious... look at the other building!" (Quotes cited in Wye, Deborah and Carol Smith. "The Prints of Louise Bourgeois." New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1994, p. 157.)
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 478.1993
Only state
1989
Side by Side
1989-2003
Only state
1989
<i>Side by Side</i>
1989
Only state, variant
1989
<i>Side by Side</i>
1989
Only state, variant
1989-1993
<i>Side by Side</i>
1989-1993
Only state, variant
1989-2003
<i>Side by Side</i>
1989-2003
Only state
1989-2003
<i>Side by Side</i>
1989-2003
Only state
1989-2003
<i>Side by Side</i>
1989-2003
Only state
1989-2003
<i>Side by Side</i>
1989-2003
Only state
1989-2003
<i>Side by Side</i>
1989-2003
Only state
1989-2003
<i>Side by Side</i>
1989-2003
Only state
1989-2003
<i>Side by Side</i>
1989-2003
Only state
1989-2003
<i>Side by Side</i>
1989-2003
Only state
1989-2003
<i>Side by Side</i>
1989-2003
Only state
1989-2003
<i>Side by Side</i>
1989-2003
Only state
1989-2003
<i>Side by Side</i>
1989-2003
Only state
2003
<i>Side by Side</i>, plate 6 of 18, from the illustrated book, <i>One's Sleep </i>(3)
2003
Only state
2003
<i>Side by Side</i>, plate 6 of 18, from the illustrated book, <i>One's Sleep </i>(1)
2003
Illustrated Book
2003
One's Sleep
2003
<i>One's Sleep</i>
2003
Related Works in the Catalogue
Untitled, plate 2 of 8, from the illustrated book, the puritan
Version 3 of 3, only state
1990
Untitled, plate 2 of 8, from the illustrated book,<i> the puritan</i>
1990
Ambition Shadowless
Only state, variant
1989
<i>Ambition Shadowless</i>
1989
The Sky's the Limit
Version 2 of 2, only state
1989-2003
<i>The Sky's the Limit</i>
1989-2003
The Sky's the Limit
Version 1 of 2, only state
c. 1989
<i>The Sky's the Limit</i>
c. 1989
the puritan
1990
<i>the puritan</i>
1990
Ambition
Only state
1989
<i>Ambition</i>
1989
Plate 4 of 9, from the illustrated book, He Disappeared into Complete Silence, first edition (Example 1)
Version 2 of 3, state VI of VI
1947
Plate 4 of 9, from the illustrated book,<i> He Disappeared into Complete Silence</i>, first edition (Example 1)
1947
Related Works in Other Mediums
Figure
1954
Figure
1954
Medium: Wood, paint, stainless steel, and nails
Dimensions: 47 1/4 x 12 x 12" (120 x 30.6 x 30.6 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Femme Maison
1947
Femme Maison
1947
Medium: Ink, gouache, and pencil on paper
Dimensions: 12 1/4 x 9 1/4" (31.1 x 23.5 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled
c. 1988
Untitled
c. 1988
Medium: Charcoal on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 15 1/2 x 11 1/4" (39.4 x 28.6 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled
1946
Untitled
1946
Medium: Ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 24 1/4 x 18 1/4" (61.6 x 46.4 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled
1997
Untitled
1997
Medium: Crayon, pencil, and gouache on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 12 x 9" (30.5 x 22.9 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Glass House / No Secrets
1947
Glass House / No Secrets
1947
Medium: Ink and pencil on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 10 3/4 x 5 1/4" (27.3 x 13.3 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Maison
1986
Maison
1986
Medium: Steel and plaster
Dimensions: overall: 75 x 20 1/2 x 9 1/2" (190.5 x 52.1 x 24.1 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY