Cat. No. 126/IV, variant 1 (fabric)
Untitled (Holiday Laurel)
- State/Variant:
- State IV of V, variant
- Date:
- 2004
- Themes:
- Fabric Works, Nature
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint
- Support:
- Fabric
- Dimensions:
- plate: 10 1/16 x 7 5/8" (25.5 x 19.3 cm); sheet: 12 3/8 x 9 5/8" (31.4 x 24.5 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" right lower margin, stitched in red thread.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 2 known variant impressions of state IV
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state V.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state III in drypoint: alternating leaves on the plant at the right, fully shaded.
- Background:
- State V of this composition, printed on paper, was created as a 2004 holiday gift for a circle of friends. In the same year, Bourgeois created another composition, on fabric, called, Untitled (Descriptive Title: Hand Holding Tree), for a selected, smaller group of friends.
- Curatorial Remarks:
- There are variations found in the old fabrics Bourgeois chose to use as printing surfaces. The example reproduced here has some staining in the center left composition.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 51.2012
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Tate Modern, London
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled (Holiday Laurel)
2004
States
State I of V
2004
2004
State II of V
2004
2004
State III of V
2004
2004
State IV of V, variant
2004
2004
State IV of V, variant
2004
2004
Published
State V of V
2004
2004
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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