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He disappeared into complete silence : suite of nine engravings
- Title
- He disappeared into complete silence : suite of nine engravings / by Louise Bourgeois ; with an introduction by Marius Bewley.
- Author
- Bourgeois, Louise, 1911-2010.
- Publication
- New York : Gemor Press, 1947.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | By appointment only | Spencer Coll. Amer. 1947 99-28 | Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308 |
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- Additional Authors
- Bewley, Marius.
- Description
- 18 sheets (8 folded) ([25] leaves) : ill.; 28 cm. +
- Subject
- Note
- "Limited to 44 numbered and signed copies ... Another 10 copies lettered from A to J are not for sale"--Colophon. This copy not numbered or lettered; unsigned. Wye suggests that the true number of copies produced is unknown; many of the extant sets were assembled by the artist in the 1980s.
- "Design, typography and printing by the Gemor Press, New York"--Colophon.
- Illustrations: 10 prints : engraving, drypoint, b&w ; full-page. Printed by the artist at Atelier 17. Numbered "Plate 1-[7]" and VII-IX, and signed in pencil by the artist. This copy contains the alternative plate, here numbered "VII." Wye reference nos. (catalog no., version and state): plate 1, 29.2.II; plate 2, 30.1.IV; plate 3, 31.3.II; plate 4, 32.2.III; plate 5, 33.IV; plate 6, 34.3.III; plate 7, 35.VIII; plate 8, 36.3.XII; plate 9, 37.IV; alternative plate, 38.IV.
- Ill. are accompanied by brief evocative texts by the artist, on facing pages.
- The accompanying print, which is an earlier state (Wye 35.V) of plate 7, is printed in black over stencilled shapes in orange, red and black. "One of only two known prints by Bourgeois using stencil in this way"--Wye, p. 90.
- Indexed In (note)
- Wye, Deborah. The prints of Louise Bourgeois
- Binding (note)
- Issued unbound, in off-white paper portfolio.
- Call Number
- Spencer Coll. Amer. 1947 99-28
- OCLC
- NYPG99-B107
- Author
- Bourgeois, Louise, 1911-2010.
- Title
- He disappeared into complete silence : suite of nine engravings / by Louise Bourgeois ; with an introduction by Marius Bewley.
- Imprint
- New York : Gemor Press, 1947.
- Indexed In:
- Wye, Deborah. The prints of Louise Bourgeois, 29-38, p. 72-97
- Binding
- Issued unbound, in off-white paper portfolio.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Bewley, Marius.
- Research Call Number
- Spencer Coll. Amer. 1947 99-28