Spiral Woman I

Cat. No. 1111.1

Spiral Woman I

State/Variant:
Version 1 of 2, only state
Date:
2004
Themes
Figures, Spirals
Techniques
Etching
Support:
Paper
Dimensions:
plate (each): 6 × 6 5/8" (15.2 × 16.8 cm); sheet: 47 7/8 × 34 1/8" (121.6 × 86.7 cm)
Signature:
"Louise Bourgeois" lower right margin, pencil.
Publisher
Osiris
Printer
Wingate Studio
Edition:
2 known impressions of version 1, only state
Edition Information:
Version 1 of this composition was issued as "Spiral Woman I." Version 2 was issued as part of the illustrated book "Hang On," and in the edition "Spiral Woman II."

About the "Hang On" illustrated book edition:
There are varying hand additions across the edition of illustrated books. Impression number 5/9 was also available for examination by MoMA cataloguers, but was not available for reproduction. In that example, plate 2 has chine collé, and white and red gouache, red pencil, and pencil additions.

About the "Spiral Woman II" edition:
The hand additions and orientation vary across the edition. For comparison, see multiple impressions in the Evolving Composition Diagram below. Bourgeois and the publisher designated each impression in this edition as a study. (Usually in this catalogue, the term study describes photocopies and tracings that were used in the process of developing a composition.)
Impression:
Not numbered
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 size is from the impression in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Description:
Etchings, with watercolor, gouache, ink, colored pencil, and pencil additions
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Spiral Woman ; Untitled, plate 1 of 17, from the illustrated book, Hang On

2004-2006

First Version
Spiral Woman I
Spiral Woman I (recto)
Spiral Woman I (verso)
Second Version
Untitled, plate 1 of 17, from the illustrated book, Hang On
Spiral Woman II
Spiral Woman II
Spiral Woman II
Spiral Woman II
Spiral Woman II
Spiral Woman II
Spiral Woman II
Spiral Woman II

Illustrated Book

2004

Hang On

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Untitled
My Inner Life
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