Cat. No. 760/II, variant 1
Rain Falling on Water
- State/Variant:
- State II of XI, variant
- Date:
- 2002
- Themes:
- Nature
- Techniques:
- Drypoint, Engraving
- Description:
- Drypoint and engraving, with black and red ink, pencil, and white correction fluid additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wover paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 7 7/8 × 9 13/16" (20 × 25 cm); sheet: 10 7/16 × 13 1/8" (26.5 × 33.3 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Inscription:
- Verso: "il pleut dans mon couer / comme il pleut sur la route / Charles Baudelaire." center sheet, red ink, artist's hand; "Il pleure dans mon cour coue [crossed out] / comme il pleut sur la ville / Paul Verlauie" lower center sheet, red ink, unknown hand; "There is weeping in my heart / like the rain falling on the town." lower center sheet, pencil, unknown hand.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 3 known impressions of state II
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition at any state.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Matrices:
The progression of this composition, as seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below, involved 2 matrices.
Plate 1: arrows, moon in upper right composition, and horizon line; printed in red or black.
Plate 2: slightly thicker arrows overlaying original arrows in plate 1; printed in black.
State Changes:
Plate 1, printed in black.
Changes from state I, in drypoint: three additional rows of shorter arrows added behind existing rows; ripples delineated around two leftmost arrows and several arrows reinforced.
Changes from state I, in engraving: several arrows reinforced. - Artist’s Remarks:
- Inscribed on the verso of the source drawing: "il pleut sur la route comme il pleut dans mon coeur. Charles Baudelaire."
In fact, the poem referenced was authored by Paul Verlaine (1844–1896), not Charles Baudelaire. - MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1475.2012
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Rain Falling on Water
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Il Pleut Sur La Route Comme Il Pleut Dans Mon...
Ink, pencil and crayon on paper
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Ink, pencil and crayon on paper
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