Cat. No. 499/III
La Folie
- State/Variant:
- State III of IV
- Date:
- 1999
- Descriptive Title:
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English translation: "Madness"; Woman and House in Boomerang
- Themes:
- Abstraction, Architecture, Figures, Objects
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 8 7/8 x 11 7/8" (22.5 x 30.2 cm); sheet: 11 1/4 x 16 7/8" (28.6 x 42.8 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 4 known impressions of state III
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition at any state.
The fourth impression of this state is in MoMA's Collection (Accession Number: 946.2008). It is not illustrated, due to its similarity to the impression seen here. - State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state II, in drypoint: shading added to doors and roof of house, and ends of boomerang; line under house further delineated.
- Background:
- In 1941, Bourgeois and her family purchased a small country house in Easton, Connecticut, which remains in the family. The inscription on the verso of the source drawing for this composition refers to Easton as well as Michel, one of the artist's three sons.
- Artist’s Remarks:
- Inscribed on the verso of the source drawing: "La Folie / Souvenir de Michel à Easton / Do snakes have eyes and excrements / Some are nice, some are mean. Accept it. Boa Constrictor. Sept. 99"
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 947.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
La Folie
1999
Source
1999
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
La Folie
Red ink on paper
1999
Red ink on paper
1999
States
State I of IV
1999
1999
State II of IV
1999
1999
State III of IV
1999
1999
State III of IV, variant
1999
1999
State III of IV, variant
1999
1999
State IV of IV
1999
1999
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
