Losing It (#2)

Cat. No. 821, unique variant 2

Losing It (#2)

State/Variant:
Only state, unique variant
Date:
2007
Themes
Abstraction, Fabric Works, Nature
Techniques
Etching
Support:
Fabric
Dimensions:
plate: 60 1/2 × 14" (153.7 × 35.5 cm); sheet: 76 × 36" (193 × 91.4 cm)
Signature:
"LB" right lower margin, stitched in red thread.
Publisher
Osiris
Printer
Wingate Studio
Edition:
Unique
Edition Information:
This is one of 5 unique variants that incorporate this plate, printed alone or in combination with another plate in a multi-panel work. When the plate is used alone, the work is included in the Evolving Composition Diagram. When it is printed with another plate, it is included in Related Works in the Catalogue.

See Evolving Composition Diagram:
"Losing It (#1)"
"Losing It (#2)"
"Untitled"

See Related Works in the Catalogue:
"Inside of You"
Untitled, no. 1 of 4, from the series, "Start Something!!"

About the "Losing It" edition:
Selective wiping and sheet size vary from impression to impression. There are 2 known variant impressions of the only state, outside the edition. Both are 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.
Curatorial Remarks:
The colors of the hand additions 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 sheet dimensions for the series were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.
Description:
Soft ground etching, with watercolor and gouache additions
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Losing It

2006-2007

States
Losing It
Losing It
Losing It
Unique Variants
Losing It (#1)
Losing It (#2)
Untitled

Related Works in the Catalogue

Untitled, no. 1 of 4, from the series, Start Something!!
She Lost It (1)
Untitled
Untitled
Turning Inwards
Opening Up
Passages
Inside of You