Cat. No. 748, unique variant 1, in 832
Untitled, plate 4 of 9, from the illustrated book, Differentiate
- State/Variant:
- Only state, unique variant
- Date:
- 2007
- Illustrated Book:
- Differentiate
- Alternate Title:
- Opening Up
- Themes
- Abstraction, Nature
- Techniques
- Etching
- Support:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 55 1/2 × 14 3/4" (141 × 37.5 cm); page (each): 59 1/8 × 19 13/16" (150.1 × 50.4 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" left lower sheet verso of cover, stitched in black thread.
- Publisher
- Osiris
- Printer
- Wingate Studio
- Edition:
- Unique
- Edition Information:
- This is one of 10 unique variants outside the edition to incorporate this plate, printed alone or in combination with other plates in multi-panel works. Most include extensive hand additions and sometimes partial inking of the plate. When the plate is used alone, the work is included in the Evolving Composition Diagram. When it is printed with other plates, it is included in Related Works in the Catalogue.
See Evolving Composition Diagram:
Untitled, plate 4 of 9, from the illustrated book, "Differentiate"
Untitled, no. 3 of 3, from the series, "This Need"
"Elle"
Untitled, no. 2 of 3, from the series, "Jalouse"
Untitled, no. 1 of 4, from the series, "Have a Little Courage"
"Les Matins Se Lèvent"
Untitled, no. 6 of 6, from the series, "I Give Everything Away"
See Related Works in the Catalogue:
"A Stretch of Time"
"The Geometry of Pleasure (#2)"
Untitled, no. 3 of 3, from the series, "Jalouse"
About the "Opening Up" edition:
Within the edition, selective wiping varies from impression to impression. There is 1 known variant impression of the only state, outside the edition. - Impression:
- Not numbered
- 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 is not documented because this work is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person. The plate dimensions are from the editioned impression in MoMA's Collection. The dimensions of the book were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.
Although "Opening Up" was not editioned until 2008, the plate was developed one year earlier and impressions were included in 2 works completed in 2007. - Description:
- Soft ground etching, with pencil additions
- Inscription:
- "The / Tightening / Agony / withstanding / anything today / to insure / the future / hanging in there" center page, pencil, artist's hand.
- Pagination:
- Pages 10 and 11 of 26.
Only state, unique variant
2007
Opening Up
2007-2010
Only state, variant
2008
<i>Opening Up</i>
2008
Only state
2008
<i>Opening Up</i>
2008
Only state, unique variant
2007
Untitled, plate 4 of 9, from the illustrated book,<i> Differentiate</i>
2007
Only state, unique variant
2007
Untitled, no. 3 of 3, from the series,<i> This Need</i>
2007
Only state, unique variant
2009
<i>Elle</i>
2009
Only state, unique variant
2009
Untitled, no. 1 of 4, from the series,<i> Have a Little Courage</i>
2009
Unique variant
2009
Untitled, no. 2 of 3, from the series,<i> Jalouse</i>
2009
Only state, unique variant
2010
Untitled, no. 6 of 6, from the series, <i>I Give Everything Away</i>
2010
Only state, unique variant
2010
<i>Les Matins Se Lèvent</i>
2010
Illustrated Book
2007
Differentiate
2007
<i>Differentiate</i>
2007
Series
2007
This Need
2007
<i>This Need</i>
2007
Series
2009
Have a Little Courage
2009
<i>Have a Little Courage</i>
2009
Series
2009
Jalouse
2009
<i>Jalouse</i>
2009
Series
2010
I Give Everything Away
2010
<i>I Give Everything Away</i>
2010
Related Works in the Catalogue
My Inner Life
Only state
2008
<i>My Inner Life</i>
2008
La Famille
State III of III
2006
<i>La Famille</i>
2006
The Geometry of Pleasure (#2)
Unique variant
2008
<i>The Geometry of Pleasure (#2)</i>
2008
A Stretch of Time
Unique variant
2007
<i>A Stretch of Time</i>
2007
The Smell of Eucalyptus (#1)
Only state
2006
<i>The Smell of Eucalyptus (#1)</i>
2006
Losing It
Only state
2007
<i>Losing It</i>
2007
Untitled, no. 3 of 3, from the series, Jalouse
Unique variant
2009
Untitled, no. 3 of 3, from the series,<i> Jalouse</i>
2009
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!!