NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Cat. No. 53/I
Untitled (Spider and Snake)
- State/Variant:
- State I of IV
- Date:
- 2000
- Alternate Title:
-
Spider with Spiral
- Themes:
- Animals & Insects, Spiders, Spirals
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with red ink additions
- Support:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 9 15/16 x 11 3/4" (25.3 x 29.9 cm); sheet: 11 1/8 x 15 1/4" (28.3 x 38.7 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right margin.
- 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- unpublished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 IV.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Additions in red ink: rear right leg extended, anticipating state II.
- Background:
- State IV of this composition was published as a benefit for the Beyeler Foundation, Riehen/Basel, Switzerland.
- Artist’s Remarks:
- Inscribed on the verso of the source drawing: "Patte Cassée / Broken leg. / Friendly Spider: The snake curled around one of its leg and sits there. Sept."
- Curatorial Remarks:
- The paper type could not be documented because this work is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person. The plate dimensions are from an impression in MoMA's Collection. The sheet dimensions were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled (Spider and Snake)
2000-2003
Source
1999
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Friendly Spider
Ink and pencil on paper
1999
Ink and pencil on paper
1999
States
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
State I of IV
2000
2000
State II of IV, variant
2000
2000
State II of IV, variant
2000-2003
2000-2003
State III of IV, variant
2003
2003
State III of IV, variant
2003
2003
State IV of IV, variant
2003
2003
State IV of IV, variant
2003
2003
Published
State IV of IV
2003
2003
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
