Voyages au Bout

Cat. No. 1289

Voyages au Bout

State/Variant:
Only state
Date:
2008
Themes
Abstraction, Figures
Techniques
Aquatint
Support:
Two layers of paper attached to one another
Dimensions:
sheet: 24 7/8 × 47 1/8" (63.2 × 119.7 cm)
Signature:
"Louise Bourgeois" lower right margin, pencil.
Publisher
Osiris
Printer
Wingate Studio
Edition:
10 known impressions of the only state
Edition Information:
This printed composition appears in nos. 1 and 7, in the series, “Une Ballade dans la Campagne,” and also in “Je Rentre dans la Forêt (#2-3),” “Landscape (#1-3),” “Ma Maison Bleue" (verso), “Voyages au Bout,” and Untitled, 2008. Extensive hand additions and plate orientations vary, and some sheets include only partially printed elements of the composition. All are seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram.

"Ma Maison Bleue" (verso) is partially printed. The recto of the sheet is a drawing and is seen below in Related Works in Other Mediums.
Impression:
Not numbered
Curatorial Remarks:
The color of the hand additions, plate size, and paper type could not be documented because this work is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person.

Two oval areas of the composition have been cut out. The holes are difficult to detect because the print is layered on top of another sheet with hand additions.

A fragment of this plate is found in the left edge of “Plant Study,” a drawing seen in Related Works in Other Mediums. The fragment is from the upper right area of the plate when viewed from the orientation of "Je Rentre dans la Forêt (#2)." The fragment shows some black aquatint markings and the plate mark is also visible.
Descriptive Title:
English translation: "Voyages at the End"
Description:
Aquatint, with watercolor, gouache, pencil, and colored pencil additions, and cut-outs
Inscription:
"voyages au bout" upper middle margin, pencil, artist's hand.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Nos. 1 and 7 of 7, from the series, Une Ballade dans la Campagne ; No. 1 of 5, from the...

2007-2008

States
Untitled, no. 1 of 7, from the series, Une Ballade dans la Campagne
Untitled, no. 7 of 7, from the series, Une Ballade dans la Campagne
Je Rentre dans la Forêt (#2)
Je Rentre dans la Forêt (#3)
Landscape
Landscape (#2)
Landscape (#3)
Ma Maison Bleue (verso)
Voyages au Bout
Untitled

Series

2007

Une Ballade dans la Campagne

Related Works in the Catalogue

La Forêt
Untitled, no. 5 of 7, from the series, Une Ballade dans la Campagne
Untitled, no. 6 of 7, from the series, Une Ballade dans la Campagne
For Stanley Hayter
Je Rentre dans la Forêt (#6)
La Forêt Enchantée
Essaim

Related Works in Other Mediums

Plant Study
Ma Maison Bleue (recto)