Cat. No. 748, unique variant 2, in 1259
Untitled, no. 3 of 3, from the series, This Need
- State/Variant:
- Only state, unique variant
- Date:
- 2007
- Series:
- This Need
- Themes
- Abstraction, Nature
- Techniques
- Etching
- Support:
- Smooth, wove handmade paper
- Dimensions:
- plate (a, c, and d) (each): 55 1/2 × 14 3/4" (141 × 37.5 cm); sheet: 60 × 91 3/4" (152.4 × 233 cm)
- Signature:
- panel (d): "LB" right lower sheet, pencil.
- Publisher
- Osiris
- Printer
- Wingate Studio
- Edition:
- Unique
- Edition Information:
- This is one of 10 unique variants outside the edition to incorporate this plate, printed alone or in combination with other plates in multi-panel works. Most include extensive hand additions and sometimes partial inking of the plate. When the plate is used alone, the work is included in the Evolving Composition Diagram. When it is printed with other plates, it is included in Related Works in the Catalogue.
See Evolving Composition Diagram:
Untitled, plate 4 of 9, from the illustrated book, "Differentiate"
Untitled, no. 3 of 3, from the series, "This Need"
"Elle"
Untitled, no. 2 of 3, from the series, "Jalouse"
Untitled, no. 1 of 4, from the series, "Have a Little Courage"
"Les Matins Se Lèvent"
Untitled, no. 6 of 6, from the series, "I Give Everything Away"
See Related Works in the Catalogue:
"A Stretch of Time"
"The Geometry of Pleasure (#2)"
Untitled, no. 3 of 3, from the series, "Jalouse"
About the "Opening Up" edition:
Within the edition, selective wiping varies from impression to impression. There is 1 known variant impression of the only state, outside the edition. - 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 impression in MoMA's Collection. The sheet dimensions were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.
- Description:
- panel (a): Soft ground etching, with blue watercolor, and black and blue pencil additions
panel (b): Pencil
panel (c): Soft ground etching, with red watercolor and gouache, black pencil, and pencil additions
panel (d): Soft ground etching, with red and blue watercolor and gouache, and pencil additions - Inscription:
- panel (b): "It / is stronger / than hunger / or thirst" center sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
- Installation Remarks:
- This composition is one of 3 that constitute a single work of art. All of these compositions are to be exhibited together in the indicated sequence.
Only state, unique variant
2007
Opening Up
2007-2010
Only state, variant
2008
<i>Opening Up</i>
2008
Only state
2008
<i>Opening Up</i>
2008
Only state, unique variant
2007
Untitled, plate 4 of 9, from the illustrated book,<i> Differentiate</i>
2007
Only state, unique variant
2007
Untitled, no. 3 of 3, from the series,<i> This Need</i>
2007
Only state, unique variant
2009
<i>Elle</i>
2009
Only state, unique variant
2009
Untitled, no. 1 of 4, from the series,<i> Have a Little Courage</i>
2009
Unique variant
2009
Untitled, no. 2 of 3, from the series,<i> Jalouse</i>
2009
Only state, unique variant
2010
Untitled, no. 6 of 6, from the series, <i>I Give Everything Away</i>
2010
Only state, unique variant
2010
<i>Les Matins Se Lèvent</i>
2010
Illustrated Book
2007
Differentiate
2007
<i>Differentiate</i>
2007
Series
2007
This Need
2007
<i>This Need</i>
2007
Series
2009
Have a Little Courage
2009
<i>Have a Little Courage</i>
2009
Series
2009
Jalouse
2009
<i>Jalouse</i>
2009
Series
2010
I Give Everything Away
2010
<i>I Give Everything Away</i>
2010
Related Works in the Catalogue
My Inner Life
Only state
2008
<i>My Inner Life</i>
2008
La Famille
State III of III
2006
<i>La Famille</i>
2006
The Geometry of Pleasure (#2)
Unique variant
2008
<i>The Geometry of Pleasure (#2)</i>
2008
A Stretch of Time
Unique variant
2007
<i>A Stretch of Time</i>
2007
The Smell of Eucalyptus (#1)
Only state
2006
<i>The Smell of Eucalyptus (#1)</i>
2006
Losing It
Only state
2007
<i>Losing It</i>
2007
Untitled, no. 3 of 3, from the series, Jalouse
Unique variant
2009
Untitled, no. 3 of 3, from the series,<i> Jalouse</i>
2009
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