Cat. No. 553/VIII
Lacs de Montagne
- State/Variant:
- State VIII of XIII
- Date:
- 1996
- Alternate Title:
-
Mountain Ponds 1993; Convulsions
- Descriptive Title:
-
English Translation: "Mountain Lakes"
- Themes:
- Architecture, Nature
- Techniques:
- Drypoint, Engraving, Etching
- Description:
- Engraving, etching, and drypoint
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 18 1/16 x 23 7/8" (45.9 x 60.6 cm); sheet: 24 5/8 x 29 3/4" (62.5 x 75.5 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 2 known impressions of state VIII
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of states XII and XIII. This composition was also issued as a published edition at state II.
The additional known impression of this state is in MoMA's Collection (Accession Number: 1392.2008). It is not illustrated due to its similarity to this impression. - State Changes and Additions:
- Matrices:
The progression of this composition, as seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below, involved 3 plates.
Plate 1: overall linear composition; printed in black.
Plate 2: fill in lakes, and later, larger cloud form; usually printed in blue, sometimes in red, pink, and gray.
Plate 3: fill in mountains and smaller cloud form; printed in blue and/or red.
Print State Changes:
Plate 1 printed in black.
Changes from state VII, in drypoint: contour of small cloud form added to upper center composition. - Background:
- State XIII was published as a benefit for Chalcographie of the Musée du Louvre, Paris.
- Other Remarks:
- According to Bourgeois's assistant, Jerry Gorovoy, this composition depicts mountains in Switzerland and likely references the artist's memories of visits there in her youth, especially for skiing.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 698.2008
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Musée du Louvre, Paris
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY