Atlantic Avenue: Transparent House

Cat. No. 1054.1

Atlantic Avenue: Transparent House

State/Variant:
Version 1 of 3, only state
Date:
c. 1990

Themes
Architecture
Techniques
Engraving
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 6 x 1 1/2" (15.2 x 3.8 cm); sheet: 11 1/8 x 7 1/2" (28.3 x 19 cm)
Signature:
Not signed
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Gravure
Edition:
1 known impression of version 1
Edition Information:
Not issued as a published edition at any state.
Impression:
Not numbered
Background:
Bourgeois admired the printing facilities of the Gravure workshop and also felt a personal rapport with the owner and master printer, Christian Guérin. Guérin helped the artist develop plates for several important projects in the early 1990s, including this composition, which is related to her 1947 illustrated book, “He Disappeared into Complete Silence” (see Related Works in the Catalogue). Bourgeois had long hoped to reissue this book but the plates no longer existed. She thought Guérin might assist her. In order to determine if his engraving would be suitable for the project, she asked him to attempt similar compositions. After these trials, he assisted in engraving versions of plates 2 and 6 of “He Disappeared into Complete Silence.”
Former Cat. No.:
W & S B11
Description:
Engraving
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
555.1993
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Atlantic Avenue: Transparent House and Atlantic Avenue No. 2: Transparent Houses

1990

Source

1947

Untitled
First Version
Atlantic Avenue: Transparent House
Second Version
Atlantic Avenue No 2: Transparent Houses
Third Version
Atlantic Avenue No 2: Transparent Houses
Atlantic Avenue No 2: Transparent Houses
Atlantic Avenue No 2: Transparent Houses
Atlantic Avenue No 2: Transparent Houses
Atlantic Avenue No 2: Transparent Houses
Atlantic Avenue No 2: Transparent Houses

Related Works in the Catalogue

Plate 2 of 9, from the illustrated book, He Disappeared into Complete Silence, first edition (Example 1)
Plate 6 of 9, from the illustrated book, He Disappeared into Complete Silence, first edition (Example 1)
Side by Side
Famille

Related Works in Other Mediums

Quarantania, I
Untitled
Untitled
Off Balance
Untitled
Listening One