Cat. No. 481 (multiple)
Has the Day Invaded the Night? Has the Night Invaded the Day?
- Date:
- 2009-2013
- Themes
- Fabric Works, Words
- Techniques
- Other Techniques
- Dimensions:
- 70 7/8 x 117 11/16" (180 x 299 cm)
- Edition:
- 12; plus 3 A.P.
- Edition Information:
- Affixed on the back each rug is a printed label that reads: "Louise Bourgeois / Has the Day Invaded the Night? / Has the Night Invaded the Day? / Handwoven Moroccan rug / 2009-2013 / Size / Produced by Christopher Farr / Edition of 12 with 3 Artist Proofs / © The Easton Foundation / Edition Number" with the size and impression number of each rug handwritten in black ink.
- Impression:
- "1/12" label on back of rug, black ink, unknown hand.
- Background:
- In 2009, Bourgeois began collaborating with Christopher Farr, a contemporary rug designer, to create her first and only rug project. The text in this composition was selected by the artist from a diary entry that dates to February 7, 1995. It also appears in the 1999 series "What is the Shape of this Problem?" included in the Related Works in the Catalogue below. Bourgeois wanted the text to appear in a dark, natural color, embedded in a field of off-white natural fibers. The rug was hand-woven in Morocco, and washed and finished in Switzerland.
Christopher Farr, who trained at the Slade School of Art in London, established his business for contemporary rug design in 1988. Together with his partner Matthew Bourne, Farr has collaborated with a range of artists, among them Gary Hume, Jorge Pardo, and Sarah Morris. - Description:
- Multiple of handwoven Moroccan rug
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Open to compare works
Select a work in the diagram below
2009-2013
A
B
Has the Day Invaded the Night? Has the Night Invaded the Day?
2009-2013
Multiple
Not in MoMA's Collection
2009-2013
Not in MoMA's Collection
<i>Has the Day Invaded the Night? Has the Night Invaded the Day?</i>
2009-2013
Related Works in the Catalogue
Not in MoMA's Collection
Dawn
2006
Not in MoMA's Collection
<i>Dawn</i>
2006
Published
Night and Day
Only state
2007
<i>Night and Day</i>
2007
Published
Has the Day Invaded the Night, or Has the Night Invaded the Day?, no. 5 of 9, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem?
Component A: version 2, only state; component B: only state
1999
<i>Has the Day Invaded the Night, or Has the Night Invaded the Day?</i>, no. 5 of 9, from the series, <i>What Is the Shape of This Problem?</i>
1999
Related Works in Other Mediums
Not in MoMA's Collection
Has the Day Invaded the Night or Has the Night Invaded the Day?
2007
Not in MoMA's Collection
Has the Day Invaded the Night or Has the Night Invaded the Day?
2007
Medium: Aluminum, steel, and electric elements
Dimensions: overall: 90 3/16 × 49 5/8 × 46 7/16" (229 × 126 × 118 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY