Cat. No. 765
Extreme Tension
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 2006
- Themes
- Body Parts
- Techniques
- Etching
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 59 3/4 x 14 3/8" (151.8 x 36.5 cm); sheet: 61 7/16 x 14 15/16" (156 x 38 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise / Bourgeois" lower right comp., pencil.
- Publisher
- unpublished
- Printer
- Wingate Studio
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of the only state, outside the unique variants
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition. There are 2 known cancellation proofs, each with a large "X" drawn across the composition from each corner of the plate.
There are 5 unique variants that incorporate this plate, printed alone or in combination with other plates in multi-panel works. When the plate is printed alone, the work is included in the Evolving Composition Diagram. When it is printed with other plates, it is included in Related Works in the Catalogue.
See Evolving Composition Diagram:
"Extreme Tension"
Untitled, no. 1 of 11, from the series, "Extreme Tension"
"Ce N'est Pas Ta Faute"
See Related Works in the Catalogue:
"Don't Swallow Me!"
"À Qui la Faute" - 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, with pencil additions
- Inscription:
- "first proof" lower left comp., pencil, artist's hand.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 966.2011
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Tate Modern, London
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
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Extreme Tension
2006-2008
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Related Works in the Catalogue
Published
Not in MoMA's Collection
Untitled (no. 28) in 10 AM Is When You Come to Me (set 8), from the series of installation sets (1-10)
Only state, unique variant
2006
Not in MoMA's Collection
Untitled (no. 28) in <i>10 AM Is When You Come to Me</i> (set 8), from the series of installation sets (1-10)
2006
Published
Not in MoMA's Collection
Untitled (no. 7) in 10 AM Is When You Come to Me (set 8), from the series of installation sets (1-10)
Only state, unique variant
2006
Not in MoMA's Collection
Untitled (no. 7) in <i>10 AM Is When You Come to Me</i> (set 8), from the series of installation sets (1-10)
2006
Related Works in Other Mediums
Not in MoMA's Collection
Give or Take
2002
Not in MoMA's Collection
Give or Take
2002
Medium: Bronze, silver nitrate patina
Dimensions: overall: 3 1/2 x 23 x 5" (8.9 x 58.4 x 12.7 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Not in MoMA's Collection
Décontractée
1990
Not in MoMA's Collection
Décontractée
1990
Medium: Pink marble and steel
Dimensions: overall: 28 1/2 × 36 × 23" (72.4 × 91.4 × 58.4 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY