
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Cat. No. 529, variant 1
Determination
- State/Variant:
- Only state, variant
- Date:
- 2003
- Themes:
- Animals & Insects
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with red watercolor additions
- Support:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 5 1/16 x 4" (12.8 x 10.2 cm); sheet: 9 5/8 x 7 7/8" (24.4 x 20 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right margin, pencil.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 3 known variant impressions of the only state, outside the edition
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of the only state.
- Background:
- Bourgeois created this composition as a 2003 holiday gift for a circle of friends.
- Curatorial Remarks:
- The paper type could not be documented because this work is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person. The plate dimensions are from the variant impression in MoMA's Collection. The sheet dimensions were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.
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