One's Sleep

Cat. No. 982

One's Sleep

State/Variant:
Only state
Date:
2003

Themes
Abstraction
Techniques
Aquatint, Etching
Support:
Paper, mounted on board
Dimensions:
plate (trimmed; approx.): 29 13/16 × 21 7/8" (75.8 × 55.5 cm); mount: 40 1/2 × 29 3/4" (102.9 × 75.6 cm)
Signature:
"Louise Bourgeois" right lower margin, pencil.
Publisher
Osiris
Printer
Wingate Studio
Edition:
9; and an illustrated book edition of 12
Edition Information:
In the edition of 9 individual impressions with hand additions, each is designated by the artist as a "study." (Usually in this catalogue, the term “study” describes photocopies and tracings that were used in the process of developing a composition.)

A separate edition of this composition was published as part of an illustrated book titled, "One's Sleep." The illustrated book includes 18 plates with hand additions. (See Evolving Composition Diagram.)
Impression:
Verso: "7/9"
Curatorial Remarks:
The sheet for this composition has been trimmed down to the plate mark and mounted on a board.

The type of paper, as well as medium of the impression number and its placement on the verso, is not documented because this impression is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person. The impression number was provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.
Description:
Soft ground etching and aquatint, with watercolor and gouache additions
Inscription:
"one's sleep" left lower margin, pencil, artist's hand.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

One's Sleep

2003

Source

c. 1970

One's Sleep
States
One's Sleep
One's Sleep
One's Sleep
One's Sleep
One's Sleep
One's Sleep
One's Sleep
One's Sleep
One's Sleep
One's Sleep, plate 17 of 18, from the illustrated book, One's Sleep (1)
One's Sleep, plate 17 of 18, from the illustrated book, One's Sleep (3)

Illustrated Book

2003

One's Sleep

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