Cat. No. 1053, variant
The New York Sky
- State/Variant:
- Only state, variant
- Date:
- 1999
- Descriptive Title:
-
Building with Floating Forms Overhead
- Themes:
- Abstraction, Architecture
- Techniques:
- Engraving
- Description:
- Engraving, with red ink and pencil additions
- Support:
- Slightly textured, laid Losin paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 6 7/8 x 4 15/16" (17.5 x 12.5 cm); sheet: 11 11/16 x 8 1/16" (29.7 x 20.4 cm)
- Signature:
- "L. Bourgeois" lower right margin, pencil.
- Inscription:
- "The new york sky" lower left margin, pencil, artist's hand.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 2 known impressions of the only state
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition.
- Background:
- The source drawing for this composition was reproduced on the announcement for the 1949 exhibition at Peridot Gallery titled "Louise Bourgeois, Recent Work 1947-1949: Seventeen Standing Figures in Wood." (The Easton Foundation: LBE-0026, 1949)
- Artist’s Remarks:
- Inscribed on the verso of the photocopy study: "L'oeuf qui s'envole parce que le poussin / est claustrophobique-- / see Paulo text"
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 879.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
The New York Sky
1999
Source
1949
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Untitled
Ink on paper
1949
Ink on paper
1949
Studies
Study
1999
1999
1999
States
Only state
1999
1999
Only state, variant
1999
1999
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
