Cat. No. 832
Differentiate
- Date:
- 2007
- Themes
- Abstraction, Nature
- Techniques
- Etching
- Support:
- Paper, with fabric cover
- Dimensions:
- page (each): 59 1/8 × 19 13/16" (150.1 × 50.4 cm); overall: 59 1/8 × 19 7/8 × 1" (150.2 × 50.5 × 2.5 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" left lower sheet verso of cover, stitched in black thread.
- Publisher
- Osiris
- Printer
- Wingate Studio
- Edition:
- Unique
- Edition Information:
- Throughout this illustrated book, there are a total of 10 soft ground etchings made from 7 different plates. Three of the plates each appear twice. In addition to their use in this illustrated book, all 7 plates were issued as individual editions, which are listed below and can be seen in Related Works in the Catalogue.
See Related Works in the Catalogue:
"Sheaves"
"Accumulations"
"Opening Up"
"Up and Up"
"Sheaves"
"Incognito"
"The Prey of an Anxiety" - Background:
- Benjamin Shiff, the director of the Osiris imprint, collaborated with Bourgeois in a highly experimental phase of printmaking that occupied the last years of her life, from 2005 to 2010. He first established a working relationship with the artist in the 1990s, but the late period is particularly noteworthy for the innovative and complex large-scale projects that evolved at that time. Shiff made use of professional workshops for printing, but he oversaw the creation of the printing plates as Bourgeois worked on them in her home studio. He also provided assistance as she added extensive hand additions and texts, and as she combined individual compositions into multi-panel works and illustrated books.
- Curatorial Remarks:
- The pagination of this illustrated book was determined by the Louise Bourgeois Studio and the publisher.
The paper type could not be documented because this work is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person. - Description:
- Illustrated book with 10 soft ground etchings, 1 on fabric with fabric collage, and 2 with hand additions
- Pagination:
- 26 unnumbered pages, including front and back covers.
- Housing:
- Bound. Linen covered portfolio.
From the illustrated book
Untitled, plates 5 and 6 of 9, from the illustrated book, Differentiate
2007
Untitled, plates 5 and 6 of 9, from the illustrated book,<i> Differentiate</i>
2007
Differentiate, text, pages 16 and 17 of 26
2007
<i>Differentiate</i>, text, pages 16 and 17 of 26
2007
Untitled, plate 7 of 9, from the illustrated book, Differentiate
2007
Untitled, plate 7 of 9, from the illustrated book,<i> Differentiate</i>
2007
Untitled, plate 8 of 9, from the illustrated book, Differentiate
2007
Untitled, plate 8 of 9, from the illustrated book,<i> Differentiate</i>
2007
Untitled, plate 9 of 9, from the illustrated book, Differentiate
2007
Untitled, plate 9 of 9, from the illustrated book,<i> Differentiate</i>
2007
Differentiate, colophon
2007
<i>Differentiate</i>, colophon
2007
Differentiate, cover
2007
<i>Differentiate</i>, cover
2007
Differentiate, title
2007
<i>Differentiate</i>, title
2007
Untitled, plate 1 of 9, from the illustrated book, Differentiate
2007
Untitled, plate 1 of 9, from the illustrated book,<i> Differentiate</i>
2007
Differentiate, text, pages 6 and 7 of 26
2007
<i>Differentiate</i>, text, pages 6 and 7 of 26
2007
Untitled, plates 2 and 3 of 9, from the illustrated book, Differentiate
2007
Untitled, plates 2 and 3 of 9, from the illustrated book,<i> Differentiate</i>
2007
Untitled, plate 4 of 9, from the illustrated book, Differentiate
2007
Untitled, plate 4 of 9, from the illustrated book,<i> Differentiate</i>
2007
Differentiate, text, pages 12 and 13 of 26
2007
<i>Differentiate</i>, text, pages 12 and 13 of 26
2007
Related Works in the Catalogue
Incognito
Only state
2007
<i>Incognito</i>
2007
Differentiate
2009
<i>Differentiate</i>
2009
Sheaves
Only state
2006
<i>Sheaves</i>
2006
Sheaves
Only state
2006
<i>Sheaves</i>
2006
Opening Up
Only state
2008
<i>Opening Up</i>
2008
Up and Up
Only state
2006
<i>Up and Up</i>
2006
The Prey of an Anxiety
Only state
2007
<i>The Prey of an Anxiety</i>
2007
Accumulations
State II of III
2006
<i>Accumulations</i>
2006
Louise Bourgeois,
Differentiate,
New York, Osiris, 2007Bourgeois's entire text for this volume appears on the pages cited below.
Page 3:
Differentiate
Pages 6-7:
Differentiate the advantage of attacking or withdrawing
Differentiate the forbidden and the hidden
Page 10:
The Tightening Agony withstanding anything today to insure the future hanging in there
Pages 12-13:
Murder or suicide
Sadist or masochist
Pages 16-17:
The ransom of a secret
The talker who is secretive
Page 19:
Le droit or le devoir
Page 20:
I want to be loved for myself. Incognito
Page 23:
I am defined by what is not. I am not white I am not black neither red nor blue nor green nor yellow neither grape nor pear I am a mirror I am there I am there I am not there You want to know I am only your image
Page 25:
a book by Louise Bourgeois!!