Mouillés Par le Soir!!

Cat. No. 825, unique variant 4

Mouillés Par le Soir!!

State/Variant:
Only state, unique variant
Date:
2008
Alternate Title:
Winter
Themes
Abstraction, Nature
Techniques
Etching
Support:
Paper
Dimensions:
plate: 10 13/16 × 55 13/16" (27.5 × 141.7 cm); sheet: 13 × 58 5/8" (33 × 148.9 cm)
Signature:
"Louise Bourgeois" lower right comp., pencil.
Publisher
Osiris
Printer
Wingate Studio
Edition:
Unique
Edition Information:
This is one of 4 unique variants of the "Winter" plate with hand additions. The other three appear in "La Rivière Gentille" (set 2).

There are also three known impressions of the only state without hand additions, two of which can be seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below. The third known impression of the only state without hand additions is not in MoMA's Collection. It is not illustrated due to its similarity to the other impressions seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below.

There are 2 known cancellation proofs, 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.
Descriptive Title:
English translation: "Wet By the Evening"
Description:
Soft ground etching, with watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, and pencil additions
Inscription:
"mouillés par le soir!!" lower left comp., pencil, artist's hand.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Winter ; Nos. 2, 19, and 38 of 48 in La Rivière Gentille (set 2); Mouillés Par ...

2008

States
Winter
Winter
Unique variants
Untitled, no. 2 of 48 in La Rivière Gentille (set 2), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Untitled, no. 19 of 48 in La Rivière Gentille (set 2), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Untitled, no. 36 of 48 in La Rivière Gentille (set 2), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Mouillés Par le Soir!!

Series

2007

La Rivière Gentille (set 2), from the series of installation sets (1-3)

Related Works in the Catalogue

Untitled (Three Branches with Offshoots), in Les Arbres (6), from the editioned series of portfolios, Les Arbres (1-6)
La Petite Pousse I

Related Works in Other Mediums

Untitled