He Disappeared into Complete Silence, Plate 1

1947

Louise Bourgeois

Artist, American, born France, 1911 - 2010

Atelier 17

Printer

Gemor Press

Publisher

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Purchased as the Gift of Dian Woodner

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20 x 6.51 cm (7 7/8 x 2 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.4 x 17.78 cm (10 x 7 in.)

  • Accession

    2010.132.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wye/Smith 1994, 29.2, III/III

Associated Artworks

See all 8 artworks

He Disappeared into Complete Silence, Plate 4

Louise Bourgeois, Atelier 17, Gemor Press

1947

He Disappeared into Complete Silence, Plate 3

Louise Bourgeois, Atelier 17, Gemor Press

1947

He Disappeared into Complete Silence, Plate 8

Atelier 17, Gemor Press, Louise Bourgeois

1947


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Cheim & Read, New York); purchased by NGA, 2011

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2015

  • Louise Bourgeois: No Exit, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2015-2016.

  • Louise Bourgeois: No Exit, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2015 - 2016, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1994

  • Deborah Wye and Carol Smith. The Prints of Louise Bourgeois. New York, 1994: 77.

2011

  • Brodie, Judith. "Louise Bourgeois, He Disappeared into Complete Silence." Bulletin / National Gallery of Art, no. 45 (Fall 2011): 21.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Plate 1; lower right in graphite: L. Bourgeois

Wikidata ID

Q76560571


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