Cat. No. 519
Where I Live
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 2007
- Themes
- Architecture, Objects
- Techniques
- Drypoint
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 17 15/16 x 11" (45.6 x 27.9 cm); sheet: 20 1/2 x 16 3/8" (52 x 41.6 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois" lower right margin, pencil.
- Publisher
- Harlan & Weaver
- Printer
- Harlan & Weaver
- Edition:
- 12; plus 3 A.P., 2 P.P., 1 H.C., 1 B.A.T., and an edition of 3 on fabric
- Edition Information:
- There are 3 known variant impressions of the only state, on paper, outside the two editions.
The Louise Bourgeois Studio lists the H.C. impression on paper as a "dedication print" because Bourgeois inscribed it and gave it as a gift to a friend. - Impression:
- "a.p. 2/3" lower left margin, pencil, unknown hand.
- Background:
- This composition and the composition of the same title included in Related Works in the Catalogue below are both based on the glass panes in the sliding door between Bourgeois’s kitchen and parlor. A photo that shows the door is included in the Related Works in Other Mediums below.
- Curatorial Remarks:
- The paper used for this edition was handmade by Gangolf Ulbricht, Berlin, for Bourgeois, and it has a custom watermark: "LB" enclosed in a rectangle.
- Description:
- Drypoint
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 339.2009
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
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Louise Bourgeois accepting the French Legion of Honor award presented by President Nicolas Sarkozy at the artist's home in 2008
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Louise Bourgeois accepting the French Legion of Honor award presented by President Nicolas Sarkozy at the artist's home in 2008
Medium: Photograph
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