NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Cat. No. 581/I, variant 3
La Nausée, plate 1 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
- State/Variant:
- State I of III, variant
- Date:
- 2001
- Alternate Title:
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Self Portrait: La Nausée
- Descriptive Title:
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English translation: "The Nausea"; "The Reparation"
- Themes:
- Body Parts, Figures, Objects
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with red ink additions
- Support:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 9 15/16 × 7 15/16" (25.3 × 20.2 cm); sheet: 13 1/4 × 10 3/4" (33.7 × 27.3 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right margin, red ink; "LB" right lower margin, red ink.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 3 known variant impressions of state I
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state III.
- Artist’s Remarks:
- Inscribed on the verso of the source drawing: "little boy blue, come and blow your / horn / come and the meadow / the cat is the meadow / the cow in the corn / Punch and Judy Dennis Adrian / Lou Pollack / Punch and Rhun a l'eglise / La retour d'age (fauve) menopause. / I took to it as a duck to water / je baille aux corneilles / Brigitte / grackles / Les animaux buichat / Aldo Rossi architect / What is the shape of the problem, question / of this melodie. / It had such a hold and such a beauty that I never / wanted to be separated again. Hold my bones / together (Larry / Rinder book) / a and b also Bob Spring / foundry." across sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
- Curatorial Remarks:
- The paper type could not be documented because this work is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person. The plate dimensions are from an impression in MoMA's Collection. The sheet dimensions were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.
- Other Remarks:
- According to Jerry Gorovoy, the artist's assistant, this composition refers to sensation of being sea sick.
- Public Collection:
- Tate Modern, London
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
La Nausée, plate 1 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
2001-2003
Source
2001
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Self Portrait: La Nausée
Ink and pencil on paper
2001
Ink and pencil on paper
2001
States
State I of III, variant
2001
2001
State I of III, variant
2001
2001
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
State I of III, variant
2001
2001
State II of III, variant
2001
2001
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
State II of III, variant
2003
2003
Published
State III of III
2003
2003
Portfolio
2003
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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