Cat. No. 584/VI, variant 3
M Is for Mother, plate 4 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
- State/Variant:
- State VI of VII, variant
- Date:
- 2003
- Descriptive Title:
-
English translation: "The Reparation"
- Themes:
- Motherhood & Family, Spirals, Words
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 9 15/16 × 11 15/16" (25.3 × 30.4 cm); sheet: 15 1/16 × 16 5/16" (38.3 × 41.5 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 4 known variant impressions of state VI
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state VII.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Matrices:
The progression of this composition, as seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below, involved 2 plates.
Plate 1: letter M and spiral.
Plate 2: spiral, and in later states, letter M.
State Changes:
Plate 1 printed in black. Plate 2 printed in red.
Changes from state V: plate 2 added.
Changes from state V, in drypoint, in plate 2: letter M delineated. - MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1443.2012
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Tate Modern, London (state VII)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY