Tops

Cat. No. 640

Tops

State/Variant:
Only state
Date:
1989
Themes
Abstraction, Spirals
Techniques
Drypoint
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 4 15/16 x 6 15/16" (12.5 x 17.6 cm); sheet: 13 3/4 x 10 9/16" (35 x 26.9 cm)
Signature:
Not signed
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Harlan & Weaver
Edition:
5 known impressions of the only state
Edition Information:
Not issued as a published edition.
Impression:
Not numbered
Background:
In the late 1980s, when publisher Peter Blum began the portfolio project "Anatomy" with Bourgeois, he sought the assistance of printer Judith Solodkin, of SOLO Impression, a longtime friend of the artist. Solodkin suggested Harlan & Weaver as intaglio printers and she served as supervisor for this project and a number of individual prints at that time, including "Ambition," "Meteorology," "Shooting Stars," Untitled, and "To Hide," all seen below in Related Works in the Catalogue.
Curatorial Remarks:
In Wye and Smith, "The Prints of Louise Bourgeois," 1994, this composition was catalogued with the title "Tops II." At the time, the numbering was added to this composition because the artist also used "Tops" as an alternate title for the composition "Spirales," seen below in Related Works in the Catalogue. The numbering has been eliminated here for clarity, as this is the only composition with "Tops" as the main title.
Former Cat. No.:
W & S 93
Description:
Drypoint
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
540.1993
This Work in Other Collections:
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (3 impressions of the only state)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Tops

1989

States
Tops

Related Works in the Catalogue

To Hide
Shooting Stars
Untitled
Meteorology
Anatomy
Ambition
Le Père, la Mère, et les 3 Enfants
Spirales

Related Works in Other Mediums

Untitled
Toi et Moi