Cat. No. 350/III
Untitled, plate 1 of 5, from the illustrated book, The Laws of Nature
- State/Variant:
- State III of IX
- Date:
- 2000-2001
- Themes:
- Figures
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with selective wiping, and red and blue ink additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 4 3/4 x 5 13/16" (12 x 14.7 cm); sheet: 15 1/4 x 10 1/16" (38.7 x 25.5 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right margin, red ink. "LB" right lower margin, red ink.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of state III
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state VIII on paper and of state IX on fabric.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state II in drypoint: male's and female's features further delineated; female figure's hair and shoes delineated; male figure's hair, Adam's apple, and genitals delineated; groundline delineated.
Additions in red and blue ink: female figure's necklace delineated, anticipating state IV.
Additions in red ink: female figure's breasts delineated, anticipating state IV.
- Background:
- The artist told printer Felix Harlan that the figures in this series are playing an adult version of a French children's game, known as "faire des galipettes," meaning to do somersaults. In fact, the expression "faire des galipettes" is also slang for having sex, a punning reference that Bourgeois must have enjoyed.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1014.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled, plate 1 of 5, from the illustrated book, The Laws of Nature
2003-2006
States
State I of IX, variant
2000-2001
2000-2001
State I of IX, variant
2000-2001
2000-2001
State II of IX
2000-2001
2000-2001
State III of IX
2000-2001
2000-2001
State IV of IX
2000-2001
2000-2001
State V of IX
2000-2001
2000-2001
State VI of IX
2001
2001
State VII of IX
2001
2001
State VIII of IX, variant
c. 2003
c. 2003
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
State VIII of IX, variant
c. 2003
c. 2003
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
State VIII of IX, variant
c. 2003
c. 2003
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
State VIII of IX, variant
c. 2003
c. 2003
State VIII of IX, variant
c. 2003
c. 2003
Published
State VIII of IX
2003
2003
State IX of IX, variant
c. 2006
c. 2006
Published
State IX of IX
2006
2006
Illustrated Book
2003
Illustrated Book
2006
Series
c. 2003
Series
2001-2003
Series
c. 2003
Series
c. 2003
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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
