Cat. No. 1116
Acrobat
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 2005
- Themes:
- Figures
- Techniques:
- Etching
- Description:
- Soft ground etching, with blue watercolor, black crayon, red pencil, and pencil additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper, mounted on smooth, wove board
- Dimensions:
- plate (in 3 parts) (overall): 37 3/8 × 11 9/16" (94.9 × 29.4 cm); sheet: 42 13/16 x 15 15/16" (108.8 x 40.5 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois" lower right margin, pencil.
- Publisher:
- Osiris, New York
- Printer:
- Chestnut Street Press, Providence, RI
- Edition:
- 7
- Impression:
- "2/7" lower left margin, pencil, unknown hand.
- Edition Information:
- This composition is comprised of 3 plates stacked on top of each other. For the illustrated book "Hang On," only 2 plates are used. For the edition "Acrobat," all 3 plates are used.
About the "Acrobat" edition:
The hand additions vary slightly across the edition. Of the 3 plates used in this composition, soft ground etching is only in the middle and lower thirds. The top third is a lightly distressed plate with crayon additions that extend the length of the two ropes. For comparison, see various impressions in the Evolving Composition Diagram below. In this edition, Bourgeois and the publisher designated each impression as a study. (Usually in this catalogue, the term study describes photocopies and tracings that were used in the process of developing a composition.)
About the "Hang On" illustrated book edition:
Of the announced edition of 9 unbound and 12 bound, only 9 unbound examples were realized.
There are varying hand additions across the edition of illustrated books. Impression number 5/9 was also available for examination by MoMA cataloguers, but was not available for reproduction. In that example, plate 6 has blue watercolor wash, pencil, and red crayon additions. - MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 715.2006
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled, plate 6 of 15, from the illustrated book, Hang On; Acrobat
2004-2005
Source
1954
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Untitled (double-sided)
Charcoal and ink on tracing paper
1954
Charcoal and ink on tracing paper
1954
Source
1992
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Untitled
Pencil and ink on paper
1992
Pencil and ink on paper
1992
States
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Untitled, plate 6 of 17, from the illustrated book, Hang On
Only state
2004
Only state
2004
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Acrobat
Only state
2005
Only state
2005
Published
Acrobat
Only state
2005
Only state
2005
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Acrobat
Only state
2005
Only state
2005
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Acrobat
Only state
2005
Only state
2005
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Acrobat
Only state
2005
Only state
2005
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Acrobat
Only state
2005
Only state
2005
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Acrobat
Only state
2005
Only state
2005
Illustrated Book
2004
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
