I Love You

Cat. No. 1139

I Love You

State/Variant:
Only state
Date:
2007
Themes
Music, Words
Techniques
Drypoint, Etching
Support:
Smooth, wove, handmade Twinrocker paper, with gampi chine collé
Dimensions:
plate: 6 7/8 x 4 15/16" (17.5 x 12.5 cm); sheet: 12 x 9" (30.5 x 22.9 cm)
Signature:
"LB" lower right margin, pencil.
Publisher
Louise Bourgeois
Printer
Harlan & Weaver
Edition:
175; plus 25 A.P., 15 P.P., 1 B.A.T.
Impression:
"2/175" lower left margin, pencil, unknown hand.
Background:
Bourgeois created prints as holiday gifts for a circle of friends. This drypoint was the holiday gift in 2007.
Description:
Drypoint and soft ground etching, with chine collé
State Changes and Additions:
Matrices:
This composition involved 2 matrices in 2 different techniques.

Matrix 1, in soft ground etching: music staves printed on chine collé paper.

Matrix 2, in drypoint: text.
Other Remarks:
According to Jerry Gorovoy, the artist's assistant, Bourgeois found it very reassuring to declare her affection for her loved ones, and to receive their love in return. In addition to the prints and drawings that demonstrate this, the artist wrote similar phrases on surfaces throughout her home. See Related Works in Other Mediums below for images from the artist's home.
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
1440.2007
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

I Love You

2007

Source

2007

I Love You
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I Love You

Related Works in the Catalogue

Untitled, plate 1 of 6, from the portfolio, Together
Love from Louise
Untitled, plate 5 of 6, from the portfolio, Together
We Love You
We Love You
We Love You

Related Works in Other Mediums

Le Suicide Threat
I Love You Do You Love Me
I Love You Do You Love Me
I Love You Do You Love Me
I Love You Even If You Don't Love Me
I Love You. Do You. Love Me? Yes No
I Live Therefore I Love You Therefore I Work
Untitled
Top of the stool in the front room of Louise Bourgeois's NYC home, as seen in 2016
The kitchen cabinet in Louise Bourgeois's NYC home on which she had painted "We Love You," as seen in 2016
Inside the kitchen cabinet in Louise Bourgeois's NYC home on which she had painted "We Love You," as seen in 2016