Cat. No. 774, variant
Turning Inwards
- State/Variant:
- Only state, variant
- Date:
- 2008
- Themes
- Abstraction, Nature
- Techniques
- Etching
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate (in 2 vertical parts) (overall): 60 1/4 × 31 3/4" (153 × 80.7 cm); sheet: 60 3/8 × 33 7/8" (153.4 × 86 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois" lower center to lower right comp., pencil.
- Publisher
- Osiris
- Printer
- Wingate Studio
- Edition:
- 1 known variant impression of the only state, outside the edition and unique variants
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of the only state.
Within the edition, selective wiping varies significantly from impression to impression. (See two examples in the Evolving Composition Diagram below.) Paper type varies slightly as well. There are 2 known cancellation proofs, each with a large “X” drawn across the composition from each corner of the plate.
Outside the edition, there are 5 unique variants that incorporate this plate. They all include extensive hand additions and are listed below:
See Evolving Composition Diagram:
"Le Père Déchu"
"Turning Inwards (#1)"
"Le Coeur Est Là (Turning Inwards #2)"
Untitled, no. 4 of 4, from the series, "Have a Little Courage"
Untitled, no. 3 of 3, from the series, "The Voice Says Yes" - 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.
- Description:
- Soft ground etching, with pencil additions
- Inscription:
- "première / épreuve" lower left comp., pencil, artist's hand.
Only state, variant
2008
Turning Inwards
2008-2009
Only state, variant
2008
<i>Turning Inwards</i>
2008
Only state
2008
<i>Turning Inwards</i>
2008
Only state
2008
<i>Turning Inwards</i>
2008
Only state, unique variant
2008
<i>Le Père Déchu</i>
2008
Only state, unique variant
2008
<i>Turning Inwards (#1)</i>
2008
Only state, unique variant
2008
<i>Le Coeur Est Là (Turning Inwards #2)</i>
2008
Only state, unique variant
2009
Untitled, no. 4 of 4, from the series,<i> Have a Little Courage</i>
2009
Only state, unique variant
2009
Untitled, no. 3 of 3, from the series,<i> The Voice Says Yes</i>
2009
Series
2009
Have a Little Courage
2009
<i>Have a Little Courage</i>
2009
Series
2009
The Voice Says Yes
2009
<i>The Voice Says Yes</i>
2009
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My Inner Life
Only state
2008
<i>My Inner Life</i>
2008
Untitled, no. 4 of 12, from the series, Spirals
Only state
2005
Untitled, no. 4 of 12, from the series,<i> Spirals</i>
2005
The Chain of Events
Only state
2007
<i>The Chain of Events</i>
2007
Abandoned
Only state
2007
<i>Abandoned</i>
2007
Le Père et les 3 Fils
Only state, unique variant
2006
<i>Le Père et les 3 Fils</i>
2006
Losing It
Only state
2007
<i>Losing It</i>
2007
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