Winter

Cat. No. 825

Winter

State/Variant:
Only state
Date:
2008
Themes
Abstraction, Nature
Techniques
Etching
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 55 13/16 x 10 13/16" (141.7 x 27.5 cm); sheet: 59 x 12 13/16" (149.9 x 32.5 cm)
Signature:
"Louise Bourgeois" lower right to right lower margin, pencil.
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Wingate Studio
Edition:
3 known impressions of the only state, outside the unique variants
Edition Information:
Not issued as a published edition.

The third known impression of the only state is not in MoMA's Collection. It is not illustrated due to its similarity to the impressions seen here.

There are 2 known cancellation proofs, each with a large "X" drawn across the composition from each corner of the plate.

There is one known unique variant of this composition with hand additions titled "Mouillés Par Le Soir!!" It is seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below.
Impression:
Not numbered
Background:
Benjamin Shiff, the director of the Osiris imprint, collaborated with Bourgeois in a highly experimental phase of printmaking that occupied the last years of her life, from 2005 to 2010. He first established a working relationship with the artist in the 1990s, but the late period is particularly noteworthy for the innovative and complex large-scale projects that evolved at that time. Shiff made use of professional workshops for printing, but he oversaw the creation of the printing plates as Bourgeois worked on them in her home studio. He also provided assistance as she added extensive hand additions and texts, and as she combined individual compositions into multi-panel works and illustrated books.
Description:
Soft ground etching
Inscription:
"first proof" lower left margin, pencil, artist's hand.
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
995.2011
This Work in Other Collections:
Tate Modern, London
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Winter ; Nos. 2, 19, and 38 of 48 in La Rivière Gentille (set 2); Mouillés Par ...

2008

States
Winter
Winter
Unique variants
Untitled, no. 2 of 48 in La Rivière Gentille (set 2), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Untitled, no. 19 of 48 in La Rivière Gentille (set 2), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Untitled, no. 36 of 48 in La Rivière Gentille (set 2), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Mouillés Par le Soir!!

Series

2007

La Rivière Gentille (set 2), from the series of installation sets (1-3)

Related Works in the Catalogue

Untitled (Three Branches with Offshoots), in Les Arbres (6), from the editioned series of portfolios, Les Arbres (1-6)
La Petite Pousse I

Related Works in Other Mediums

Untitled