The Climb

Cat. No. 1114

The Climb

State/Variant:
Only state
Date:
2006
Themes
Architecture
Techniques
Etching
Support:
Paper
Dimensions:
plate: 19 7/8 × 13 3/4" (50.5 × 35 cm); sheet: 28 3/8 × 21" (72.1 × 53.3 cm)
Signature:
"Louise Bourgeois" lower right margin, pencil.
Publisher
Osiris
Printer
Wingate Studio
Edition:
5 known impressions of the only state, outside the illustrated book edition
Edition Information:
This composition is included in the illustrated book edition "Hang On."

About the "Hang On" illustrated book edition:
Of the announced edition of 9 unbound and 12 bound, only 9 unbound examples were realized.

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 4 has chine collé, red and purple gouache, and pencil additions.
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.

There is proofing for the "Acrobat" plate on the verso of this impression.
Description:
Soft ground etching, with watercolor and pencil additions
Inscription:
"the climb" lower left margin, pencil, artist's hand.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Untitled, plate 4 of 17, from the illustrated book, Hang On ; The Climb

2004-2006

Source

2003

Untitled
States
Untitled, plate 4 of 17, from the illustrated book, Hang On
The Climb
The Climb
The Climb
The Climb
The Climb

Illustrated Book

2004

Hang On

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