Untitled, no. 4 of 12, from the series, Twelve Works on Paper

Cat. No. 1353, in 1311

Untitled, no. 4 of 12, from the series, Twelve Works on Paper

State/Variant:
Only state
Date:
2007-2008
Series:
Twelve Works on Paper
Themes
Abstraction, Music
Techniques
Etching
Support:
Music paper; staves drawn in pencil
Dimensions:
sheet: 15 × 39 3/4" (38.1 × 101 cm)
Signature:
"Louise Bourgeois" lower right margin, pencil.
Publisher
Osiris
Printer
Wingate Studio
Edition:
Unique
Impression:
Not numbered
Curatorial Remarks:
The color of the hand additions, plate sizes, and paper type could not be documented because this work is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person.
Description:
Etchings, with watercolor, gouache, and pencil additions
State Changes and Additions:
Matrices:
This composition combines two plates printed side by side. It appears twice in the series "Twelve Works on Paper" (nos. 2 and 4). The plates are arranged differently in each.

One of the plates was issued separately and can be seen in Related Works in the Catalogue below. The other plate, seen on the left in no. 2 and on the right in no. 4, is only seen in these compositions. No separate impressions of that plate are known.
Installation Remarks:
This is one of 12 sheets that constitute a single work of art. All sheets are to be exhibited together in the indicated sequence.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Nos. 2 and 4 of 12, from the series, Twelve Works on Paper

2007-2008

States
Untitled, no. 2 of 12, from the series, Twelve Works on Paper
Untitled, no. 4 of 12, from the series, Twelve Works on Paper

Series

2007-2008

Twelve Works on Paper

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Crochet I (Le Cauchemar de Hayter)
À la Plage
Untitled
Blue Confrontation (#1)