Cat. No. 1148, unique variant 2
Euphoria
- State/Variant:
- Unique variant
- Date:
- 2008
- Themes
- Abstraction
- Techniques
- Etching
- Support:
- Smooth, wove handmade paper (7 attached sheets)
- Dimensions:
- plate (b): 59 1/8 × 19 9/16" (150.1 × 49.7 cm); plate (d): 59 3/16 × 19 5/16" (150.3 × 49.1 cm); plate (f): 59 7/16 × 19 3/4" (151 × 50.1 cm); sheet (overall): 59 1/2 × 130 1/2" (151.1 × 331.5 cm)
- Signature:
- panel (g): "LB" right lower sheet, pencil.
- Publisher
- Osiris
- Printer
- Wingate Studio
- Edition:
- Unique
- 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 plate dimensions are from the impressions in MoMA's Collection. The overall sheet dimensions were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.
- Description:
- panel (a): Pencil
panel (b): Soft ground etching
panel (c): Pencil
panel (d): Soft ground etching
panel (e): Pencil
panel (f): Soft ground etching
panel (g): Pencil - Inscription:
- panel (a): "The egg / The cartesian / diver" center sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
panel (c): "The / whirligig" center sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
panel (e): "The spin / the skein / the spool / the shuttle" center sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
panel (g): "Euphoria" center sheet, pencil artist's hand. - State Changes and Additions:
- Matrices:
This 7-panel composition uses 3 plates that were issued as separate editions. They are listed below and can be seen in Related Works in the Catalogue.
panel (b): plate from "Incognito"
panel (d): plate from "The Chain of Events"
For this unique variant, the plate is in the opposite orientation as the published impression in MoMA's Collection.
panel (f): plate from "The Prey of an Anxiety"
For this unique variant, the plate is in the opposite orientation as the published impression in MoMA's Collection.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
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No. 2 of 3, from the series, This Need ; Euphoria
2007-2008
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Not in MoMA's Collection
Unique variant
2007
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Untitled, no. 2 of 3, from the series,<i> This Need</i>
2007
Published
Not in MoMA's Collection
Unique variant
2008
Not in MoMA's Collection
<i>Euphoria</i>
2008
Series
2007
Published
Not in MoMA's Collection
This Need
2007
Not in MoMA's Collection
<i>This Need</i>
2007
Related Works in the Catalogue
Published
Incognito
Only state
2007
<i>Incognito</i>
2007
Published
The Chain of Events
Only state
2007
<i>The Chain of Events</i>
2007
Published
Not in MoMA's Collection
Time
Unique variant
2007
Not in MoMA's Collection
<i>Time</i>
2007
Published
Not in MoMA's Collection
Dizzy Spells
Unique variant
2007
Not in MoMA's Collection
<i>Dizzy Spells</i>
2007
Published
The Prey of an Anxiety
Only state
2007
<i>The Prey of an Anxiety</i>
2007