Cat. No. 1259
This Need
- Date:
- 2007
- Themes
- Abstraction, Nature
- Techniques
- Etching
- Support:
- See individual.
- Dimensions:
- Plate and sheet sizes vary. See individual.
- Signature:
- See individual.
- Publisher
- Osiris
- Printer
- Wingate Studio
- Edition:
- Unique
- Edition Information:
- The plates included in this unique series were also issued as separate editions. The titles of the editions are listed below and can be seen in Related Works in the Catalogue:
"Accumulations"
"The Prey of an Anxiety"
"Incognito"
"The Chain of Events"
"Opening Up" - 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 sheet dimensions were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.
- Description:
- Series of 3 compositions: 10 soft ground etchings, all with hand additions
- Installation Remarks:
- This series of 3 compositions constitutes a single work of art. All of these compositions are to be exhibited together in the indicated sequence.
From the series
Untitled, no. 1 of 3, from the series, This Need
2007
Untitled, no. 1 of 3, from the series,<i> This Need</i>
2007
Untitled, no. 2 of 3, from the series, This Need
2007
Untitled, no. 2 of 3, from the series,<i> This Need</i>
2007
Untitled, no. 3 of 3, from the series, This Need
2007
Untitled, no. 3 of 3, from the series,<i> This Need</i>
2007
Related Works in the Catalogue
The Prey of an Anxiety
Only state
2007
<i>The Prey of an Anxiety</i>
2007
The Chain of Events
Only state
2007
<i>The Chain of Events</i>
2007
Incognito
Only state
2007
<i>Incognito</i>
2007
Accumulations
State II of III
2006
<i>Accumulations</i>
2006
Louise Bourgeois,
This Need,
New York, Osiris, 2007Bourgeois's entire text for this series appears on the panels cited below.
No. 1:
I
cannot help
this need
in the morning
No. 2:
This
need
to grow
obsessive miniscules éléments
géométrique circulaire patterns
repeated indéfiniment
expresses the fear not to be
No. 3:
It
is stronger
than hunger
or thirst
French to English translations by Richard Sieburth and Françoise Gramet.
No. 1:
I
cannot help
this need
in the morning
No. 2:
This
need
to grow
obsessive miniscule elements
geometric circular patterns
repeated indefinitely
expresses the fear not to be
No. 3:
It
is stronger
than hunger
or thirst