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Photocopy, with colored pencil and pencil additions
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 18 5/16 × 24 1/8" (46.5 × 61.2 cm)
Signature:
Not signed
Inscription:
"the eleven trees" lower left comp., pencil, artist's hand.
Edition:
2 known studies
Impression:
Not numbered
Background:
Louise Bourgeois, her husband Robert Goldwater, and their son Michel Bourgeois are all buried in Cutchogue Cemetery, Cutchogue, New York. This composition was initially developed as a benefit for The Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery Association, but the benefit did not come to fruition.
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