Cat. No. 1103, unique variant
The Sky Is Falling
- State/Variant:
- Diptych: only state, unique variant
- Date:
- 2008
- Alternate Title:
- The Swarm
- Themes
- Abstraction, Nature
- Techniques
- Aquatint
- Support:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- plate (each): 34 7/8 × 31 3/4" (88.6 × 80.7 cm); sheet: 43 1/4 × 66 7/8" (109.9 × 169.9 cm)
- Signature:
- right side: "Louise Bourgeois" right lower comp., pencil.
- Publisher
- Osiris
- Printer
- Wingate Studio
- Edition:
- Unique
- Edition Information:
- “The Sky Is Falling” is one of two unique variants of an editioned print titled, “The Swarm,” seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below, along with the second unique variant titled, “Essaim.”
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Description:
- Aquatint, with watercolor, gouache, and pencil additions
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
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2009
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2008
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