A Fly Caught in a Person's Thought

Cat. No. 361, variant 1

A Fly Caught in a Person's Thought

State/Variant:
Only state, variant
Date:
c. 2004

Themes
Fabric Works, Words
Techniques
Lithography
Support:
Fabric
Dimensions:
sheet: 9 x 11 1/4" (22.9 x 28.6 cm)
Signature:
"LB" right lower sheet, stitched in red thread.
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
SOLO Impression
Edition:
2 known variant impressions, outside the edition
Edition Information:
The 2 variants are considerably smaller in width than the editioned impressions, and one has a geometric pattern in the fabric.
Impression:
Not numbered
Background:
The text in this composition comes from Bourgeois's voluminous writings—in her diaries, on loose sheets, or on the verso of drawings. The specific source and date of this text are not known.

During the early 2000s, Bourgeois worked with SOLO Impression on the editioned version of "Ode à l'oubli," a book of fabric collages and two lithographed text pages. The phrases on those text pages came from her writings. Inspired by that collaboration, Bourgeois created several individual printed fabric works with lithographed texts.
Description:
Lithograph
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

A Fly Caught in a Person's Thought

c. 2004

States
A Fly Caught in a Person's Thought
A Fly Caught in a Person's Thought
A Fly Caught in a Person's Thought

Related Works in the Catalogue

Ode à l'Oubli