Cat. No. 660/A, variant
The Small Hours, no. 2 of 9, component A, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem?
- State/Variant:
- Component A: only state, variant
- Date:
- 1999
- Themes
- Abstraction
- Techniques
- Relief
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- sheet: 12 1/16 x 17 1/8" (30.7 x 43.5 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" right lower margin, red ink.
- Publisher
- Galerie Lelong
- Printer
- SOLO Impression
- Edition:
- 1 known variant impression of the only state, outside the edition
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of the only state.
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Background:
- The text in this series was taken from Bourgeois's diary entries, spanning some forty years. The images are based on drawings created in the 1990s. Printer Judith Solodkin of SOLO Impression made photo-enlargements of the drawings and transferred them to letterpress plates.
- Description:
- Letterpress, with red ink additions
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1411.2008
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich, Switzerland
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Tate Modern, London
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
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Component A: only state, variant
1999
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The Small Hours , no. 2 of 9, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem?
1999
Source
1998
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Les 3 Fils de Robert
1998
Not in MoMA's Collection
Les 3 Fils de Robert
1998
Medium: Ink on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 9 x 11 5/8" (22.9 x 29.5 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
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