Cat. No. 587/VIII
The Happy House, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
- State/Variant:
- State VIII of XX
- Date:
- 2002
- Alternate Title:
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Landscape
- Descriptive Title:
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English translation: "The Reparation"
- Themes:
- Architecture
- Techniques:
- Drypoint, Engraving
- Description:
- Drypoint and engraving, with selective wiping, and charcoal, pencil, red and black ink, and red crayon additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 8 7/16 x 10 13/16" (21.5 x 27.5 cm); sheet: 11 1/2 x 14" (29.2 x 35.5 cm)
- Signature:
- "LR" (sic) right lower margin, pencil.
- Inscription:
- Verso: "Leslie Miller: 2.9 the sheet / Alfred Leslie—[illeg.] gallery" upper left sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of state VIII
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state XX.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Matrices: The progression of this composition, as seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below, involved 2 plates in 3 different techniques.
Plate 1, in drypoint, engraving, and aquatint: house and sun.
Plate 2, in aquatint, drypoint, and engraving: shading in mounds, sun, and lowest horizontal band.
State Changes:
Plate 1 printed in red.
Changes from state VII, in engraving: horizontal bands reinforced. - Curatorial Remarks:
- Although the verso of the source drawing is inscribed "Landscape" by the artist, the Louise Bourgeois Studio has designated the title of the drawing to the same as that of the print. The drawing was exhibited in "Louise Bourgeois Drawings and Sculpture" at Kunsthaus Bregenz in 2002. The accompanying catalogue lists the title as "Landscape."
- Other Remarks:
- Although it appears possible that the artist used a new plate for state VII, Carol Weaver of Harlan & Weaver, New York, remembers Bourgeois extensively working the same plate and continuing to use it. A new plate was not introduced until state XVI.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1602.2008
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Tate Modern, London (state XX)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
The Happy House, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
2001-2003
Source
2001
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The Happy House
Ink on paper
2001
Ink on paper
2001
States
State I of XX
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State II of XX
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State III of XX
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State IV of XX
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State V of XX
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State VI of XX, variant
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State VI of XX, variant
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State VII of XX, variant
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State VII of XX, variant
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State VII of XX, variant
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State VIII of XX
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State IX of XX
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State X of XX
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State XI of XX
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State XII of XX
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State XIII of XX
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State XIV of XX
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State XV of XX
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State XVI of XX
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State XVII of XX
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State XVIII of XX
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State XIX of XX
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Published
State XX of XX
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Portfolio
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