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- unpublished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
Version 1 of 3, only state
c. 1990
Atlantic Avenue: Transparent House and Atlantic Avenue No. 2: Transparent Houses
1990
Source
1947
Untitled
1947
Untitled
1947
Medium: Ink and charcoal on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 10 5/8 × 10" (27 × 25.4 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Related Works in the Catalogue
Related Works in Other Mediums
Quarantania, I
1947-53
Quarantania, I
1947-53
Medium: Painted wood on wood base
Dimensions: 6' 9 1/4" (206.4 cm) high, including base 6 x 27 1/4 x 27" (15.2 x 69.1 x 68.6 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled
1947
Untitled
1947
Medium: Ink and pencil on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 10 5/8 x 10" (27 x 25.4 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled
1945
Untitled
1945
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: canvas: 40 × 24" (101.6 × 61 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Off Balance
1998
Off Balance
1998
Medium: Crayon, ink, and charcoal on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 9 × 12" (22.9 × 30.5 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled
1947
Untitled
1947
Medium: Pencil and ink on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 12 1/2 × 9 1/2" (31.8 × 24.1 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Listening One
1947
Listening One
1947
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: overall: 80 × 20 × 12" (203.2 × 50.8 × 30.5 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY