The Jealousy of the Breast

Cat. No. 1105, unique variant 1

The Jealousy of the Breast

State/Variant:
Only state, unique variant
Date:
2009
Alternate Title:
Ma Famille
Themes
Abstraction, Body Parts, Figures, Motherhood & Family
Techniques
Etching
Support:
Paper
Dimensions:
plate: 34 13/16 × 31 11/16" (88.5 × 80.5 cm); sheet: 47 7/8 × 34 1/4" (121.6 × 87 cm)
Signature:
"Louise Bourgeois" lower right margin, pencil.
Publisher
Osiris
Printer
Wingate Studio
Edition:
Unique
Edition Information:
Not issued as a published edition. However, there is one known impression and three unique variants (one in the series, "Le Matin Rouge"). All can be seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below.
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 color of the hand additions and paper type could not be documented because this work is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person. The plate dimensions are from the impression in MoMA's Collection. The sheet dimensions were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.
Description:
Etching, with watercolor, ink and pencil additions
Inscription:
"the jealousy of the / breast" lower center comp., pencil, artist's hand.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Ma Famille ; The Jealousy of the Breast ; No. 3 of 5, from the series, Le Matin Rouge

2009

States
Ma Famille
Unique Variants
The Jealousy of the Breast
Untitled, no. 3 of 5, from the series, Le Matin Rouge
La Mère

Series

2009

Le Matin Rouge

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