Cat. No. 581/II, variant 1
La Nausée, plate 1 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
- State/Variant:
- State II of III, variant
- Date:
- 2001
- Alternate Title:
-
Self Portrait: La Nausée
- Descriptive Title:
-
English translation: "The Nausea"; "The Reparation"
- Themes:
- Body Parts, Figures, Objects
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with black ink and pencil additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 9 15/16 x 7 15/16" (25.3 x 20.2 cm); sheet: 11 1/8 x 9 3/16" (28.3 x 23.4 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" right lower margin, black ink.
- Inscription:
- Verso: "Categno / castelluchio / colarossi" center sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 2 known variant impressions of state II
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state III.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state I, by burnishing: line in right foot removed.
Changes from state I, in drypoint: right foot reconfigured; face and hair altered. - Artist’s Remarks:
- Inscribed on the verso of the source drawing: "little boy blue, come and blow your / horn / come and the meadow / the cat is the meadow / the cow in the corn / Punch and Judy Dennis Adrian / Lou Pollack / Punch and Rhun a l'eglise / La retour d'age (fauve) menopause. / I took to it as a duck to water / je baille aux corneilles / Brigitte / grackles / Les animaux buichat / Aldo Rossi architect / What is the shape of the problem, question / of this melodie. / It had such a hold and such a beauty that I never / wanted to be separated again. Hold my bones / together (Larry / Rinder book) / a and b also Bob Spring / foundry." across sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
- Other Remarks:
- According to Jerry Gorovoy, the artist's assistant, this composition refers to sensation of being sea sick.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1499.2008
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Tate Modern, London (state III)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY