LOUISE BOURGEOIS: COMPLETE BOOKS & PRINTS

Descriptive Title:

English translation: "The Reparation"

Themes:

Figures

Techniques:

Aquatint, Drypoint, Engraving

Description:

Drypoint, engraving, and aquatint, with selective wiping, and black ink additions

Support:

Smooth, wove paper

Dimensions:

plate: 9 15/16 x 7 7/8" (25.2 x 20 cm); sheet: 14 9/16 x 11 15/16" (37 x 30.3 cm)

Signature:

Not signed

Publisher:

unpublished

Printer:

Harlan & Weaver, New York

Edition:

1 known impression of state XVI

Impression:

Not numbered

Edition Information:

Proof before the editioning of state XVII.

State Changes and Additions:

Matrices:
The progression of this composition, as seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below, involved 2 plates in 3 different techniques.

Plate 1, in drypoint and engraving: man and woman.

Plate 2, in aquatint: shading in woman's shoes.

State Changes:
Plate 1 printed in black. Plate 2 printed in red.
Changes from state XV, in drypoint: woman's hair further thickened.

Curatorial Remarks:

A publicity poster was made with an image of state XVII for the 2002 documentary about the artist titled "C'est le murmure de l'eau qui chante." It was filmed over the course of 8 years by Brigitte Cornand, a French filmmaker who worked closely with Bourgeois in the last years of her life.

MoMA Credit Line:

Gift of the artist

MoMA Accession Number:

1469.2012

This Work in Other Collections:

Tate Modern, London (state XVII)

© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY