Cat. No. 287/III, variant 1
Untitled
- State/Variant:
- State III of IV, variant
- Date:
- 2004
- Descriptive Title:
-
Hand Holding Tree
- Themes:
- Body Parts, Nature
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 11 7/8 x 11 13/16" (30.1 x 30 cm); sheet: 17 1/16 x 16 5/16" (43.4 x 41.4 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" right lower margin, pencil.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 2 known variant impressions of state III
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state IV.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state II in drypoint: leaves further filled in on left lower branch; hand further shaded.
- Background:
- Bourgeois created this composition, editioned on fabric, as a holiday print for a selected, small group of friends. In the same year, 2004, she also created the untitled (Holiday Laurel) edition on paper as a holiday print for a larger group of friends.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1495.2012
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