Cat. No. 840/IV, variant 1
Map of Connecticut and Long Island
- State/Variant:
- State IV of V, variant
- Date:
- 2001
- Themes:
- Nature
- Techniques:
- Engraving, Etching
- Description:
- Etching and engraving, with black and red ink and puncture hole additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 12 7/8 × 9 15/16" (32.7 × 25.3 cm); sheet: 17 1/8 x 11 1/8" (43.5 x 28.3 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right corner, red ink.
- Inscription:
- Verso: [sketch of several concentric circles indicating the area of the print which indicates Easton, Connecticut, on the recto], red ink, artist's hand.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 2 known variant impressions of state IV
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition at any state.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state III, in engraving: intersecting lines added in lower left composition; lower composition further delineated.
Additions by puncture: hole added indicating Easton, Connecticut. - Background:
- According to Felix Harlan, of Harlan & Weaver, New York, Bourgeois's map compositions stem from her desire to sort through memories and associations with different places. The artist used preexisting maps as references for her own abstracted compositions, excluding the information essential to map reading. In this way, the maps served more as personal documents for the artist, rather than as references or guides.
In 1941, Bourgeois and her family purchased a small country house in Easton, Connecticut, which remains in the family. Its location is encircled several times in the center right of this composition. - MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1081.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Map of Connecticut and Long Island
2001
States
State I of V
2001
2001
State II of V
2001
2001
State III of V
2001
2001
State IV of V, variant
2001
2001
State IV of V, variant
2001
2001
State V of V
2001
2001
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
