NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Cat. No. 691/I
Topiary
- State/Variant:
- State I of III
- Date:
- 2005
- Themes:
- Figures, Nature
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with blue ink and white correction fluid additions
- Support:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 11 15/16 × 9 1/8" (30.4 × 23.2 cm); sheet: 15 1/2 × 11 1/4" (39.4 × 28.6 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of state I
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state III.
- Background:
- Bourgeois created prints as holiday gifts for a circle of friends. State III of "Topiary" was used as a holiday gift in 2005.
- Curatorial Remarks:
- The type of paper could not be documented because this impression is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person. The plate dimensions of this impression could not be documented because this impression is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person. The plate dimensions are from the published impression on paper in MoMA’s Collection. The sheet dimensions were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.
- Public Collection:
- Tate Modern, London
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY












