LOUISE BOURGEOIS

1911 - 2010

THE PURITAN (MOMA 1072-1079)

signed on the colophon, dated 1991, numbered 28 and inscribed For Ginny / hand colored

the complete book, comprising eight engravings with handcoloring, on handmade Twinrocker paper with Japanese Gampi chine collé, bound (as issued) in the original handmade pap🎐er wrappers, contained in the original cloth-covered box

Each Sheet: 26 by 19¾ in. (66.0 by 50.2 cm.)

Overall: 27⅛ by 20¾ by 2 in. (69.0 by 52.7 by 𝔉5.0 cm.)

Executed in 1990, this work is number 28 from the planned edition of 70 (only ꦰ63 volumes were assembled, of which only 25 are handcolored, with text by the artist, publi𝄹shed by Osiris Editions, New York).