Cat. No. 427.2
The Night
- State/Variant:
- Version 2 of 2
- Date:
- 2001
- Themes
- Nature, Objects
- Techniques
- Lithography
- Support:
- Smooth, wove BFK Rives paper
- Dimensions:
- composition: 17 x 14" (43.2 x 35.6 cm); sheet: 20 1/16 x 16 1/16" (51 x 40.8 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois 2001" lower right margin, pencil.
- Publisher
- SOLO Impression
- Printer
- SOLO Impression
- Edition:
- 50; plus 9 A.P., 4 P.P., 1 B.A.T., 1 T.P.
- Edition Information:
- Research indicates that there may be 10 A.P. impressions of this composition, rather than the 9 A.P. impressions cited in the Edition.
- Impression:
- "AP 2" lower left margin, pencil, unknown hand.
- Curatorial Remarks:
- A blended inking on one run created the blue to yellow-blue gradation.
- Description:
- Lithograph
- State Changes and Additions:
- Matrices:
The progression of this composition, as seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below, included 11 different aluminum lithography plates. The combinations of plates (and the colors of ink) vary from one impression to another. The published impressions include only 7 runs.
Print State Changes:
Changes from version 1: matrix including flower imagery replaced with matrix including boot imagery, in lithography.
Addition via masking: moon. - MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 38.2002
Version 2 of 2
2001
The Night
2001
Source
1994-95
Untitled, no. 220 of 220, from the series, The Insomnia Drawings
1994-95
Untitled, no. 220 of 220, from the series, The Insomnia Drawings
1994-95
Medium: Ink and pencil on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 10 1/2 x 8" (26.6 x 20.3 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Version 1 of 2
2001
<i>The Night</i>
2001
Version 2 of 2, variant
2001
<i>The Night</i>
2001
Version 2 of 2, variant
2001
<i>The Night</i>
2001
Version 2 of 2, variant
2001
<i>The Night</i>
2001
Version 2 of 2, variant
2001
<i>The Night</i>
2001
Version 2 of 2, variant
2001
<i>The Night</i>
2001
Version 2 of 2, variant
2001
<i>The Night</i>
2001
Version 2 of 2
2001
<i>The Night</i>
2001
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© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled
1998
Untitled
1998
Medium: Ink and pencil on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 9 1/16 x 11 13/16" (23 x 30 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled, no. 57 of 220, from the series, The Insomnia Drawings
1994-1995
Untitled, no. 57 of 220, from the series, The Insomnia Drawings
1994-1995
Medium: Ink and pencil on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 10 1/2 x 8" (26.6 x 20.3 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY