Cat. No. 1104
La Danse
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 2009
- Descriptive Title:
-
English translation: "Dance"
- Themes:
- Abstraction
- Techniques:
- Aquatint
- Description:
- Aquatint, with pencil additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 31 3/4 x 34 13/16" (80.6 x 88.4 cm); sheet: 33 7/8 x 38 9/16" (86 x 98 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise / Bourgeois" lower right composition, pencil.
- Inscription:
- "petite / maman" lower center composition, pencil, artist's hand.
- Publisher:
- Osiris, New York
- Printer:
- Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH
- Edition:
- 9; plus 1 T.P.
- Impression:
- "6/9" lower left composition, pencil, artist's hand.
- Edition Information:
- There are 2 known cancellation proofs.
Each impression in the edition of 9 is designated by artist as a “study.” Three of 9 studies are illustrated in the Evolving Composition Diagram. (Usually in this catalogue, the term “study” describes photocopies and tracings that were used in the process of developing a composition.)
All impressions in the edition include hand additions, with the exception of 1/9, which does not. The hand additions in the impressions not illustrated are primarily pencil additions, and most closely resemble those in impression 6/9 (see Evolving Composition Diagram).
This plate was also used in an additional composition, a unique variant, seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram. - MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 574.2013
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY