The Papillon, the Ray of Hope, no. 6 of 9, component A, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem?

Cat. No. 664/A/I

The Papillon, the Ray of Hope, no. 6 of 9, component A, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem?

State/Variant:
Component A: state I of II
Date:
1999
Themes
Abstraction, Music
Techniques
Lithography, Relief
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
composition: 11 5/8 x 17 1/8" (29.5 x 43.5 cm); sheet: 12 5/16 x 17 1/8" (31.2 x 43.5 cm)
Signature:
"LB" right lower composition, printed.
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
SOLO Impression
Edition:
1 known impression of state I
Edition Information:
Proof before the editioning of state II.
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 and lithograph
State Changes and Additions:
Matrices, component A:
Plate 1: overall composition; letterpress, printed in dark red.
Plate 2: music staves; lithography, printed in gray.
Plate 3: thicker lines reinforcing vertical columns; lithography, printed in light red.
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
1415.2008
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

The Papillon, the Ray of Hope , no. 6 of 9, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem?

1999

Source

1997

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Component A
The Papillon, the Ray of Hope, no. 6 of 9, component A, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem?
The Papillon, the Ray of Hope, no. 6 of 9, component A, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem?
Component B
The Papillon, the Ray of Hope, no. 6 of 9, component B, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem?
Diptych
The Papillon, the Ray of Hope, no. 6 of 9, component A, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem?

Series

1999

What Is the Shape of This Problem?

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