NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Cat. No. 1002
The Underground Life of Fear
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 2003
- Themes:
- Nature
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with red watercolor and ink additions
- Support:
- Paper, mounted on board
- Dimensions:
- plate: 14 15/16 × 8 1/16" (38 × 20.5 cm); sheet: 28 × 18 1/4" (71.1 × 46.4 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois" right lower margin, pencil.
- Publisher:
- Osiris, New York
- Printer:
- Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH
- Edition:
- 3
- Impression:
- Verso: "hand painted study 3/3"
- Edition Information:
- Outside the "The Underground Life of Fear" edition, there is a diptych composition which combines this plate with the plate editioned as “Spring.” The diptych was published as part of an illustrated book. In the illustrated book edition, each book includes 18 plates with hand additions. Both the dyptich composition and “Spring” can be seen below in Related Works in the Catalogue.
- Curatorial Remarks:
- The paper type and plate dimensions of this impression could not be documented because this impression is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person. The plate dimensions are from the published impression in MoMA’s Collection. The sheet dimensions were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.
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