Cat. No. 1224
Aux Vieilles Tapisseries: 44 Sentences de Louise Bourgeois
- Date:
- 2005
- Themes
- Words
- Techniques
- Relief, Screenprint
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- overall: 13 9/16 × 10 1/4 × 1 7/16" (34.5 × 26.1 × 3.6 cm). Sheet sizes vary throughout. See individual.
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois" lower center colophon, pencil.
- Publisher
- Yvon Lambert Gallery
- Printer
- Derriere L'Etoile Studios , Peter Kruty Editions
- Printer of Text
- Atelier Mérat-Auger
- Edition:
- 108; plus 20 H.C., 10 A.P.
- Edition Information:
- The 108 examples in the edition are numbered 1-108. The 20 H.C.s are numbered I-XX. The A.P.s are numbered E.A.1-E.A.10.
There are also 10 unnumbered "exemplaires nominatifs" reserved for collectors of the entire "Une rêverie émanée de mes loisirs" series of illustrated books (see Background). There are also 2 unnumbered examples for the artist and editor. All are signed by the artist. - Impression:
- "XVI/XX" lower center colophon, pencil, unknown hand.
- Background:
- "Aux Vieilles Tapisseries: 44 Sentences de Louise Bourgeois" is number 11 of 23 from the ongoing series of artist's books "Une rêverie émanée de mes loisirs" (Musings from My Leisures). The series title refers to the writing of Jean-Claude Lebensztejn, a French art historian and critic. Participating artists are invited to create a book that may or may not take direct inspiration from Lebensztejn. The artists can realize the project alone, or in collaboration with an author of their choice. Other participating artists include Christian Boltanski, Giulio Paolini, and Lawrence Weiner.
For her project, Bourgeois used her own writing and took excerpts from various loose sheets, diaries, and notebooks. Her book is named after the Bourgeois family's tapestry restoration business. The artist even reproduced her father's business card as a bookmark. (The original can be seen below in Related Works in Other Mediums.) To realize her project, Bourgeois sought the assistance of Brigitte Cornand, a French filmmaker who was close to the artist in the last years of her life. - Descriptive Title:
- English translation: "At the Old Tapestries: 44 Sentences by Louise Bourgeois"
- Description:
- Illustrated book with 1 screenprint frontispiece, 1 letterpress facsimile, and 44 letterpress texts
- Pagination:
- 44 numbered text pages, 1 screenprint frontispiece, 1 facsimile business card bookmark, and 1 double-sided colophon.
- Housing:
- Unbound. Publisher's clamshell box: red fabric lined with white paper, made by Les Etablissements Dermont-Duval, Paris.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1502.2012.1-46
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Related Works in Other Mediums
Cell (Choisy) (detail)
1990-1993
Cell (Choisy) (detail)
1990-1993
Medium: Marble, metal, and glass
Dimensions: overall: 120 1/2 × 67 × 95" (306.1 × 170.2 × 241.3 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Louis Bourgeois's calling card to advertise the family tapestry business.
c. 1935-1949
Louis Bourgeois's calling card to advertise the family tapestry business.
c. 1935-1949
Medium: Letterpress
Dimensions: sheet: 2 5/8 × 4 1/8" (6.7 × 10.5 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Louise Bourgeois,
Aux Vieilles Tapisseries: 44 Sentences de Louise Bourgeois,
Paris, Yvon Lambert, 2005Bourgeois's entire text for this volume appears on the pages cited below.
Page 1:
Dans l'armoire de ma mère, il y avait des piles de draps
Page 2:
Emphysème
Asthma
Page 3:
Les voix du passé refusent de se taire
Page 4:
LE MAL DU PAYS
Page 5:
Aux Vieilles Tapisseries
Page 6:
REJECTION
Page 7:
Lundi lundi lundi
Oublions la semaine passée
Lundi lundi lundi
Page 8:
The map of my youth
La tapisserie de mon enfance
Page 9:
LES VOEUX
Page 10:
Le vrai et le faux
Le possible et l'impossible
Le connu et l'inconnu
Le visible et l'invisible
Le montré et le caché
Le voulu et le rejeté
L'utile et l'inutile
Le plein et le vide
Le dur et le mou
Page 11:
CHANTAGE
Page 12:
ANA MENDIETA
CARL ANDRE
Page 13:
SONNY & CHER
Page 14:
L'évanescent et l'éternel
Page 15:
Chenille blanche
Page 16:
Je veux parler de la magie
Page 17:
La mélancolie après la mort du père
Page 18:
Vous me demandez trop
Vous me demandez trop
Vous me demandez trop
Vous me demandez trop
Vous me demandez trop
Vous me demandez trop
Vous me demandez trop
Vous me demandez trop
Vous me demandez trop
Vous me demandez trop
Vous me demandez trop
Page 19:
SE NIER
DÉNIER
RENIER
Page 20:
TITANIC
Page 21:
Ce qui me manque : c'est le temps,
l'espace, la paix, la confiance, la compassion, la patience
Page 22:
Amé lio ra tion
Alim entation
Acco modation
Page 23:
Flirter
C'est mieux
Page 24:
La peur du menteur
Page 25:
TO-TOI-TU-ME-TUE
Page 26:
LES SUCKERS
Page 27:
LAID AUJOURD'HUI
LAID DEMAIN
LAID POUR TOUJOURS
Page 28:
LE TERRITOIRE DU NON
Page 29:
Ce n'est pas mon rôle d'offrir
C'est mon rôle de refuser
Page 30:
RENONCE
Page 31:
Le musée des horreurs et des blasphèmes
Page 32:
J'entends... l'important
Page 33:
Les 3 D
Dons, droits, devoirs
Dons is love and gratitude
Droits et devoirs sont agression
Page 34:
L'attaquer est crucifié
Page 35:
Paysage sans ciel
Page 36:
Cela me plaît de regarder les gens qui passent
Page 37:
Les étourdissements
Page 38:
DÉCONTRACTÉE
Page 39:
Je vais me blottir dans mon lit
Page 40:
Les 5 orifices de mon visage
Page 41:
J'ai trouvé une souris morte
Page 42:
Je suis arrivée à me faire aimer
Ce que je déteste le plus
Page 43:
Je n'ai plus besoin d'éduquer personne
Page 44:
Je n'aime pas les mots