Cat. No. 581-587
La Réparation
- Date:
- 2003
- Descriptive Title:
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English translation: "The Reparation"
- Themes:
- Animals & Insects, Architecture, Body Parts, Figures, Motherhood & Family, Nature, Objects, Spirals, Words
- Techniques:
- Aquatint, Drypoint, Engraving
- Description:
- Portfolio with 7 compositions: all drypoints, 1 with engraving and selective wiping, 1 with engraving, 1 with engraving, aquatint, and selective wiping, 1 with engraving and aquatint
- Support:
- Slightly textured, wove, Hahnemühle paper
- Dimensions:
- sheet (each): 17 x 15" (43.2 x 38.1 cm). Plate sizes vary throughout the portfolio. See individual plates.
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois 2003" lower right margin, pencil, each sheet.
- Publisher:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 35; plus 7 A.P., 5 P.P., 2 H.C., 1 B.A.T.
- Impression:
- "a.p. 6/7" lower center margin colophon, pencil, unknown hand.
"a.p. 6/7" lower left margin each sheet, pencil, unknown hand. - Printer of Text:
- The Grenfell Press, New York
- Housing:
- Publisher's clamshell box: Gray linen, made by Portfoliobox, Inc., of Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
- Installation Remarks:
- The prints in this portfolio can be shown as a group or individually. There is no required sequence.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 543.2005.1-7
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Tate Modern, London
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
From the portfolio
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La Nausée, plate 1 of 7, from...
State III of III
2003
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Spiral Woman, plate 2 of 7, from the...
State X of X
2003
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La Réparation, plate 3 of 7...
State IV of IV
2003
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M Is for Mother, plate 4 of 7, from...
State VII of VII
2003
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The Couple, plate 5 of 7, from the...
State XVII of XVII
2003
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Cocoon, plate 6 of 7, from the...
Only state
2003
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The Happy House, plate 7 of 7, from...
State XX of XX
2003
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