Cat. No. 1272, in 1249
Untitled, no. 3 of 3, from the series, Jalouse
- State/Variant:
- Unique variant
- Date:
- 2009
- Series:
- Jalouse
- Themes
- Abstraction
- Techniques
- Etching
- Support:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- plate (a): 55 9/16 × 13 3/4" (141.2 × 35 cm); plate (c): 59 1/4 × 35 1/2" (150.5 × 90.2 cm); sheet (approx.): 60 × 110" (152.4 × 279.4 cm)
- Signature:
- panel (c): "LB" lower right comp., 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 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 an impression in MoMA's Collection. The overall mediums and sheet dimensions for the series were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.
- Descriptive Title:
- English translation: "Jealous"
- Description:
- panel (a): Soft ground etchings, with hand additions
panel (b): Pencil
panel (c): Soft ground etching with hand additions - Inscription:
- panel (b): "you / ask me / too / much" center sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Matrices:
This 3-panel composition is made up of 2 plates that were issued as separate editions. They are noted below and can be seen in Related Works in the Catalogue.
panel (a): plate from "Opening Up"
Plate partially inked and printed twice.
panel (c): plate from "Swelling"
Plate partially inked. - 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.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
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No. 3 of 3, from the series, Jalouse
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Untitled, no. 3 of 3, from the series,<i> Jalouse</i>
2009
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2009
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Jalouse
2009
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<i>Jalouse</i>
2009
Related Works in the Catalogue
Published
Swelling
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2007
<i>Swelling</i>
2007
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Opening Up
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2008
<i>Opening Up</i>
2008
Publication Excerpts
Louise Bourgeois,
Jalouse,
New York, Osiris, 2009Bourgeois's entire text for this series appears on the panels cited below.
No. 1:
Too much is
too much
what to do
why you
you are as I am
No. 2:
vous me demandez trop
vous me demandez trop
vous me demandez trop
vous me demandez trop
vous me demandez trop
je
je suis
jalouse
No. 3:
you
ask me
too
much
French to English translations by Richard Sieburth and Françoise Gramet.
No. 1:
Too much is
too much
what to do
why you
you are as I am
No. 2:
you’re asking too much
you’re asking too much
you’re asking too much
you’re asking too much
you’re asking too much
I
I’m
jealous
No. 3:
you
ask me
too
much