The Spider Weaves a Web of Friendships, component A, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem?

Cat. No. 661/A, variant

The Spider Weaves a Web of Friendships, component A, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem?

State/Variant:
Component A: only state, variant
Date:
1999
Alternate Title:
Repairs in the Sky, no. 3 of 9, component A, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem?
Themes
Abstraction, Spiders
Techniques
Lithography, Relief
Support:
Paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 12 x 17" (30.5 x 43.2 cm)
Signature:
"LB" right lower sheet, red ink.
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
SOLO Impression
Edition:
1 known variant impression of the only state, outside the edition.
Edition Information:
Proof before the editioning of the only state.
Impression:
Not numbered
Background:
The text in this series was taken from Bourgeois's diary entries, spanning some forty years. The images are based on drawings created in the 1990s. Printer Judith Solodkin of SOLO Impression made photo-enlargements of the drawings and transferred them to letterpress plates.
Curatorial Remarks:
The type of paper could not be documented because this impression is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person.
Description:
Letterpress and lithograph, with red ink, and red and blue crayon additions
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Repairs in the Sky , no. 3 of 9, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem?

1999

Source

1997

Night: The Spider Weaves a Web of Friendships
Component A
The Spider Weaves a Web of Friendships, component A, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem?
Repairs in the Sky, no. 3 of 9, component A, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem?
Component B
Repairs in the Sky, no. 3 of 9, component B, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem?
Diptych
Repairs in the Sky, no. 3 of 9, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem?

Series

1999

What Is the Shape of This Problem?

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