Where Would We Be Without Each Other?

Cat. No. 1101

Where Would We Be Without Each Other?

State/Variant:
Only state
Date:
2009
Alternate Title:
Ma Maison
Themes
Architecture
Techniques
Etching
Support:
Smooth, wove paper (2 sheets, overlapping but separate)
Dimensions:
plate (a and b) (each): 34 3/4 × 31 11/16" (88.2 × 80.5 cm); sheet (a): 45 3/8 × 33 7/8" (115.2 × 86.1 cm); sheet (b): 45 3/8 × 33 7/8" (115.2 × 86.1 cm)
Signature:
"Louise Bourgeois" lower right margin, pencil.
Publisher
Osiris
Printer
Wingate Studio
Edition:
9
Edition Information:
The plate used in this composition was issued as an edition, in two variants outside the edition, and in three unique variants (one in the series, “Le Matin Rouge”). All can be seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below.

Two in the edition (2/9 and 8/9) have the color impression on the right side, rather than the black impression on the right as in the rest of the edition. (See 8/9 in the Evolving Composition Diagram.) Two in the edition (4/9 and 8/9) have a noticeable red plate tone on the color impression.

There are also two known cancellation proofs.
Impression:
"8/9" lower left margin, pencil, artist's hand.
Description:
Etching, with pencil additions and selective wiping
Inscription:
Verso (a): "where would we be / without each other / ? / #8 / left" lower center sheet, pencil, artist's hand. Verso (b): "8 Right" lower middle sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
Installation Remarks:
Left and right sheets should overlap slightly so that the pencil hand additions are connected (see image).
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
570.2013.a-b
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Ma Maison ; Where Would We Be Without Each Other? ; No. 5 of 5, from the series; Le Matin ...

2009

States
Ma Maison
Ma Maison
Where Would We Be Without Each Other?
Where Would We Be Without Each Other?
Unique Variants
Ma Maison à Easton
Untitled, no. 5 of 5, from the series, Le Matin Rouge
Where Would We Be Without Each Other

Series

2009

Le Matin Rouge

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