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

Cat. No. 661/A

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

State/Variant:
Component A: only state
Date:
1999
Themes
Abstraction
Techniques
Lithography, Relief
Support:
Smooth, wove Arches paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 12 × 17" (30.5 × 43.2 cm)
Signature:
"LB" right lower sheet, pencil.
Publisher
Galerie Lelong , Galerie Lelong
Printer
SOLO Impression
Edition:
See diptych in Evolving Composition Diagram below.
Edition Information:
There is 1 known variant impression of the only state, outside the edition.
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 and lithograph
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:
135.2000.4a
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

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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Publication Excerpts

Louise Bourgeois,

What Is the Shape of This Problem?,

New York: Galerie Lelong, 1999

No. 3 of 9
The small hours