Cat. No. 838, unique variant 2
Eccentric Growth II
- State/Variant:
- Unique variant
- Date:
- 2006
- Themes
- Abstraction, Nature
- Techniques
- Etching
- Support:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- plate (a): 55 1/2 × 9 13/16" (141 × 25 cm); plate (b): 55 1/8 × 7 7/8" (140 × 20 cm); sheet: 58 1/2 × 37 15/16" (148.6 × 96.4 cm)
- Signature:
- panel (b): "Louise Bourgeois" right lower margin, pencil.
- Publisher
- Osiris
- Printer
- Wingate Studio
- Edition:
- Unique
- Edition Information:
- There are 8 unique variants titled "Eccentric Growth" I–VI and VIII–IX. According to the Louise Bourgeois Studio, "Eccentric Growth VII" was destroyed by the artist.
- 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 color of hand additions and type of paper could not be documented because this impression is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person. The plate dimensions are from the impression on paper in MoMA’s Collection. The sheet dimensions were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.
- Description:
- Soft ground etching, with ink, gouache, and pencil additions
- Inscription:
- panel (a): "Eccentric Growth" lower middle margin, pencil, artist's hand. Verso: "II" center sheet, colored pencil, artist's hand.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Matrices:
These unique variants were made using 2 plates printed side by side in different layouts. All include extensive hand additions. These plates were also printed alone and issued as 2 separate compositions, which are noted below and can be seen in Related Works in the Catalogue.
panel (a): plate from "Leaves”
panel (b): plate from "Swaying”
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
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Forêt (Night Garden)
1953
Not in MoMA's Collection
Forêt (Night Garden)
1953
Medium: Painted wood
Dimensions: overall: 37 x 18 7/8 x 14 5/8" (94 x 47.9 x 37.1 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Not in MoMA's Collection
Eccentric Growth
1960
Not in MoMA's Collection
Eccentric Growth
1960
Medium: Red ink on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 9 1/2 × 13" (24.1 × 33 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY