The Blue Fear

Cat. No. 1336

The Blue Fear

State/Variant:
Only state
Date:
1989-2003
Themes
Abstraction
Techniques
Etching
Support:
Paper
Dimensions:
plate: 6 7/8 × 4 15/16" (17.5 × 12.6 cm); sheet: 14 7/8 × 11" (37.8 × 27.9 cm)
Signature:
"Louise Bourgeois" right lower margin, pencil.
Publisher
Osiris
Printer
Wingate Studio
Edition:
3
Edition Information:
There is 1 known impression of the only state, outside the edition.

Outside the edition, there is a diptych composition which combines this plate with the plate editioned as “The Pink Fear.” The diptych was published as part of the illustrated book, "One's Sleep." In the illustrated book edition, each book includes 18 plates with hand additions. Both the dyptich composition and “The Pink Fear” can be seen below in Related Works in the Catalogue.
Impression:
Study 2/3
Curatorial Remarks:
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. The plate dimensions are from the impression in MoMA's Collection. The overall mediums and sheet dimensions for the series were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.
Description:
Etching, with watercolor, ink, and gouache additions
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

The Blue Fear

c. 1989-2003

States
The Blue Fear
The Blue Fear
The Blue Fear

Related Works in the Catalogue

The Pink Fear
The Blue Fear and The Pink Fear, plates 1 and 2 of 18 (diptych), from the illustrated book, One's Sleep (1)