Pendule

Cat. No. 845, unique variant 2

Pendule

State/Variant:
Only state, unique variant
Date:
2006
Themes
Abstraction, Nature
Techniques
Etching
Support:
3 attached panels:
panel (a): Fabric
panel (b): Fabric
panel (c): Paper
Dimensions:
plate (a) (in 2 vertical parts) (overall): 55 5/16 × 16 3/4" (140.5 × 42.5 cm); plate (c) (in 2 vertical parts) (overall): 55 5/16 × 16 3/4" (140.5 × 42.5 cm); sheet (overall): 59 1/2 × 43 1/2" (151.1 × 110.5 cm)
Signature:
panel (c): "Louise Bourgeois" lower right margin, pencil.
Publisher
Osiris
Printer
Wingate Studio
Edition:
Unique
Edition Information:
This is one of 9 unique variants outside the edition to incorporate this plate, printed alone or in combination with other plates in multi-panel works. When the plate is used alone, the work is included in the Evolving Composition Diagram. When it is printed with another plate, it is included in Related Works in the Catalogue.

See Evolving Composition Diagram:
"Pendule" (triptych)
"Pendule" (diptych)
"Pendule" (single)

See Related Works in the Catalogue:
Untitled, no. 2 of 4, from the series, "Inner Truths or Outer Truths"
Untitled, no. 5 of 5, from the series, "The Vocabulary of Seduction"
"You Touched Me!"
Untitled, no. 2 of 4, from the series, "What Why When Where Who and How!!"
Untitled, no. 3 of 4, from the series, "What Why When Where Who and How!!"
Untitled, no. 2 of 4, from the series, "Differentiate"

About the "Pendule" edition:
Within the edition, selective wiping, sheet size, and support type vary from impression to impression. There is 1 known impression of the only state, outside the edition. There are 2 known cancellation proofs on paper, each with a large "X" drawn across the composition from each corner of the plate.
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:
Although there is no indication of an inscription on the verso, this impression is considered "unique variant #2" by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.

The color of the hand additions and paper type of panel (c) could not be documented because this work is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person. The plate dimensions are from the impression in MoMA's Collection. The sheet dimensions were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.
Descriptive Title:
English translation: "Pendulum"
Description:
panel (a): Soft ground etching
panel (b): Fabric collage
panel (c): Soft ground etching, with gouache, watercolor, and ink additions
Inscription:
panel (c): "Pendule" lower middle margin, pencil, artist's hand.
State Changes and Additions:
Matrices:
panel (a): plate printed twice, once slightly lower on the sheet than the other.

panel (c): plate printed once.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Pendule

2006

States
Pendule
Pendule
Unique variants
Pendule
Pendule
Pendule

Related Works in the Catalogue

Untitled, no. 3 of 6, from the series, I Give Everything Away
Untitled, no. 3 of 4, from the series, What Why When Where Who and How!!
Untitled, plate 14 of 15, from the series, Nature Study
Untitled, no. 2 of 4, from the series, Inner Truths or Outer Truths
La Famille
You Touched Me!
Untitled, no. 5 of 5, from the series, The Vocabulary of Seduction
The Fall
Les Petites Sensations
Up and Up
Untitled, no. 2 of 4, from the series, Differentiate
Untitled, plate 3 of 15, from the series, Nature Study
Untitled, plate 4 of 15, from the series, Nature Study
Untitled, no. 2 of 4, from the series, What Why When Where Who and How!!
Accumulations

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Untitled
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