Cat. No. 658
What Is the Shape of This Problem?, title sheet, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem?
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 1999
- Series:
- What Is the Shape of This Problem?
- Themes
- Words
- Techniques
- Relief
- Support:
- Smooth, wove Arches paper
- Dimensions:
- sheet: 12 x 17" (30.5 x 43.2 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" right lower sheet, pencil.
- Publisher
- Galerie Lelong , Galerie Lelong
- Printer
- SOLO Impression
- Edition:
- 25; plus 14 A.P. (3 are isolated pairs of text-image diptychs), 4 P.P., 3 T.P., 2 H.C., 1 B.A.T.
- Edition Information:
- In an unusual numbering system for the A.P.s, numbers 1-11 were given to complete sets, but numbers 12, 13, and 14 were given to isolated pairs of text-image diptychs, according to printer Judith Solodkin of SOLO Impression. Solodkin does not recall which specific diptychs were numbered 12, 13, and 14.
- Impression:
- "AP 2" left lower sheet, pencil, unknown hand.
- 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:
- This series was reproduced on a set of note cards as a merchandise item. A tote bag merchandise item was made from no. 9.
- Description:
- Letterpress
- Installation Remarks:
- Each diptych in this series constitutes a single composition and must be exhibited in a vertical configuration as illustrated, or alternatively, with the text on top of the image. The diptychs in the series may be exhibited together or separately, and there is no required sequence.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 135.2000.1
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich, Switzerland
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Tate Modern, London
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
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Louise Bourgeois,
What Is the Shape of This Problem?,
New York: Galerie Lelong, 1999Title Sheet
What is the shape of this problem?