Cat. No. 586, variant
Cocoon, plate 6 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
- State/Variant:
- Only state, variant
- Date:
- 2002
- Descriptive Title:
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English translation: "The Reparation"
- Themes:
- Animals & Insects, Nature, Spirals
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with red ink additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 11 13/16 x 5 7/8" (30 x 15 cm); sheet: 15 15/16 x 10 1/16" (40.5 x 25.5 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" right lower margin, red ink.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 1 known variant impression of the only state, outside the edition
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of the only state.
- Artist’s Remarks:
- "The skeins of wool are a friendly refuge, like a web or a cocoon. The caterpillar gets the silk from his mouth, builds his cocoon and when it is completed he dies. The cocoon has exhausted the animal. I am the cocoon. I have no ego. I am my work." (Quote cited in Meyer-Thoss, Christiane. "Louise Bourgeois: Designing for Freel Fall." Zurich: Ammann Verlag, 1992, p. 197.)
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1498.2008
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Tate Modern, London
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Cocoon, plate 6 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
2002-2003
Source
2002
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Untitled
Ink, correction fluid, and pencil on paper
2002
Ink, correction fluid, and pencil on paper
2002
States
Only state, variant
2002
2002
Published
Only state
2003
2003
Portfolio
2003
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
