Cat. No. 1006
Obsession or Confusion?
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 2004
- Themes
- Words
- Techniques
- Etching
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 17 3/8 × 18 3/8" (44.2 × 46.7 cm); sheet: 21 5/8 x 24 7/16" (54.9 x 62 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois" lower right margin, pencil.
- Publisher
- Osiris
- Printer
- Wingate Studio
- Edition:
- 15
- Edition Information:
- The hand additions on this composition vary slightly across the edition. For comparison, see a different impression in the Evolving Composition Diagram below.
In this edition, Bourgeois and the publisher designated each impression as a "study." However, throughout the catalogue, the term "study" describes photocopies and tracings that were used in the process of developing a composition. - Impression:
- Verso: "study 6/15" lower right sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
- Description:
- Soft ground etching, with red and pink pencil, white gouache, and pencil additions
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 712.2006
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
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Only state
2004
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Obsession or Confusion?
2004
Source
c. 1994
Not in MoMA's Collection
Obsession or Confusion?
c. 1994
Not in MoMA's Collection
Obsession or Confusion?
c. 1994
Medium: Ink on cardboard
Dimensions: sheet: 13 3/4 × 12 3/8" (34.9 × 31.4 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Related Works in Other Mediums
Not in MoMA's Collection
Confusion
1998
Not in MoMA's Collection
Confusion
1998
Medium: Ink on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 9 × 11 7/8" (22.9 × 30.2 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Not in MoMA's Collection
The Dangerous Obsession
2003
Not in MoMA's Collection
The Dangerous Obsession
2003
Medium: Fabric, glass, stainless steel, and wood
Dimensions: overall: 56 1/2 × 24 × 20" (143.5 × 61 × 50.8 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY