NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Cat. No. 287/I, variant 1
Untitled
- State/Variant:
- State I of IV, variant
- Date:
- 2004
- Descriptive Title:
-
Hand Holding Tree
- Themes:
- Body Parts, Nature
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with blue ink additions
- Support:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 11 13/16 x 11 13/16" (30 x 30 cm); sheet: 14 7/8 x 14 7/8" (37.8 x 37.8 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois" right lower margin, pencil
- Inscription:
- "To Ursula and André / 2004" left lower to lower middle margin, pencil, artist's hand.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 2 known variant impressions of state I
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state IV.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Additions in blue ink: 3 leaves filled in, and trunk, branches, and hand shaded, anticipating state II.
- 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.
- Curatorial Remarks:
- The plate dimensions of this impression could not be documented because this work is not in MoMA's collection and could not be examined in person. The plate dimensions given are from another impression.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled
2004
States
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
State I of IV, variant
2004
2004
State I of IV, variant
2004
2004
State II of IV
2004
2004
State III of IV, variant
2004
2004
State III of IV, variant
2004
2004
State IV of IV, variant
2004
2004
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
State IV of IV
2004
2004
