The Blue Fear

Cat. No. 1336

The Blue Fear

State/Variant:
Only state
Date:
c. 1989
Themes
Abstraction
Techniques
Etching
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 6 7/8 x 4 15/16" (17.5 x 12.6 cm); sheet: 15 3/8 x 11 5/8" (39 x 29.5 cm)
Signature:
Not signed
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Wingate Studio
Edition:
1 known impression of the only state, outside the edition
Edition Information:
Proof before the editioning of the only state.

Outside the edition of 3, there is a diptych composition which combines this plate with the plate editioned as “The Pink Fear.” The diptych was published as part of the illustrated book, "One's Sleep." In the illustrated book edition, each book includes 18 plates with hand additions. Both the dyptich composition and “The Pink Fear” can be seen below in Related Works in the Catalogue.
Impression:
Not numbered
Background:
In 1989, to help Bourgeois prepare for what would be a major project together, "the puritan," Ben Shiff of Osiris, New York, provided her with test plates on which she made various technical experiments. The editioned plates "The Blue Fear" and "The Pink Fear" developed from one of these experiments. Bourgeois and Shiff returned to the composition in 2003, creating impressions for inclusion in the book, “One’s Sleep".
Former Cat. No.:
W & S B5
Descriptive Title:
Horizontal Bands
Description:
Etching
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
656.1993
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

The Blue Fear

c. 1989-2003

States
The Blue Fear
The Blue Fear
The Blue Fear

Related Works in the Catalogue

The Pink Fear
The Blue Fear and The Pink Fear, plates 1 and 2 of 18 (diptych), from the illustrated book, One's Sleep (1)