Cat. No. 1122
Labyrinth
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 2004
- Themes
- Abstraction, Spirals
- Techniques
- Etching
- Support:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 21 7/8 × 14 3/4" (55.5 × 37.5 cm); sheet: 27 × 20" (68.6 × 50.8 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 "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 13 has chine collé, and red and blue watercolor, pencil, and gray watercolor wash additions. - 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.
- Description:
- Soft ground etching, with gouache, ink, colored pencil, and pencil additions
Only state
2004
Untitled, plate 13 of 17, from the illustrated book, Hang On ; Labyrinth
2003-2004
Only state
2004
Untitled, plate 13 of 17, from the illustrated book,<i> Hang On</i>
2004
Only state
2003
<i>Labyrinth</i>
2003
Only state
2004
<i>Labyrinth</i>
2004
Only state
2004
<i>Labyrinth</i>
2004
Only state
2004
<i>Labyrinth</i>
2004
Only state
2004
<i>Labyrinth</i>
2004
Illustrated Book
2004
Hang On
2004
<i>Hang On</i>
2004
Related Works in the Catalogue
Untitled, no. 3 of 15, from the illustrated book, Sublimation
2002
Untitled, no. 3 of 15, from the illustrated book,<i> Sublimation</i>
2002
Untitled, no. 12 of 19, from the portfolio, Fugue
Only state
2003
Untitled, no. 12 of 19, from the portfolio,<i> Fugue</i>
2003
Related Works in Other Mediums
Untitled
1996
Untitled
1996
Medium: Ink on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 12 x 8 1/2" (30.5 x 21.6 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled
1969
Untitled
1969
Medium: Pencil and crayon on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 12 x 9" (30.5 x 22.9 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Spirals
2002
Spirals
2002
Medium: Gouache, colored pencil, oilstick, pencil, and charcoal on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 30 1/2 × 19 3/4" (77.5 × 50.2 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY