Tourbillon

Cat. No. 1211, variant 1

Tourbillon

State/Variant:
Only state, variant
Date:
2007
Themes
Abstraction, Nature
Techniques
Etching
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate (in 2 vertical parts) (overall): 60 3/16 × 33 1/2" (152.9 × 85.1 cm); sheet: 60 1/2 x 34 3/16" (153.6 x 86.9 cm)
Signature:
"Louise / Bourgeois" lower right comp., pencil.
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Wingate Studio
Edition:
2 known variant impressions of the only state, outside the unique variants
Edition Information:
Not issued as a published edition.

Aside from the 2 variant impressions of the only state, there are 4 unique variants, printed alone or in combination with another plate in a multi-panel work. When the plate is used alone, the work is included in the Evolving Composition Diagram. When it is printed with another plate, it is included in Related Works in the Catalogue.

See Evolving Composition Diagram:
"Printemps"
"Tourbillon (#1)"
Untitled, no. 3 of 4, from the series, "Start Something!!"

See Related Works in the Catalogue:
"Love Is As Big As the Sky"
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.
Curatorial Remarks:
There is proofing for the composition "The Smell of Eucalyptus (#1)" on the verso of this impression.
Descriptive Title:
English translation: "Whirlpool"
Description:
Soft ground etching
Inscription:
"1st / state" lower left comp., pencil, artist's hand.
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
103.2012
This Work in Other Collections:
Tate Modern, London
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Tourbillon

2007-2008

States
Tourbillon
Tourbillon
Unique Variants
Printemps
Untitled, no. 3 of 4, from the series, Start Something!!
Tourbillon (#1)

Series

2008

Start Something!!

Related Works in the Catalogue

I Am Still Growing!!! (#1)
Love and Kisses
Abandoned
Losing It
La Danse
Love Is As Big As The Sky

Related Works in Other Mediums

3 Graces
Untitled