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Cat. No. 660/A, variant

The Small Hours, no. 2 of 9, component A, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem?

State/Variant:
Component A: only state, variant
Date:
1999
Themes:
Abstraction
Techniques:
Relief
Description:
Letterpress, with red ink additions
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 12 1/16 x 17 1/8" (30.7 x 43.5 cm)
Signature:
"LB" right lower margin, red ink.
Publisher:
Galerie Lelong, New York
Printer:
SOLO Impression, New York
Edition:
1 known variant impression of the only state, outside the edition
Impression:
Not numbered
Edition Information:
Proof before the editioning of the only state.
Background:
The text in this series was taken from Bourgeois's diary entries, spanning some forty years. The images are based on drawings created in the 1990s. Printer Judith Solodkin of SOLO Impression made photo-enlargements of the drawings and transferred them to letterpress plates.
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
1411.2008
This Work in Other Collections:
Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich, Switzerland
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Tate Modern, London

The Small Hours, no. 2 of 9, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem?
1999

Source
1998

NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Les 3 Fils de Robert. 1998
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Les 3 Fils de Robert
Ink on paper
1998

Component A

Published Louise Bourgeois. The Small Hours, no. 2 of 9, component A, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem? 1999
Component A: only state, variant
1999
Published Louise Bourgeois. The Small Hours, no. 2 of 9, component A, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem? 1999
Component A: only state
1999

Component B

Published Louise Bourgeois. The Small Hours, no. 2 of 9, component B, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem? 1999
Component B: only state
1999

Diptych

Published Louise Bourgeois. The Small Hours, no. 2 of 9, from the series, What Is the Shape of This Problem? 1999
Components A and B: only state
1999

Series
1999

Louise Bourgeois. What Is the Shape of This Problem? 1999
What Is the Shape of This Problem?
1999
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