Cat. No. 1283
La Chanson
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 2009
- Descriptive Title:
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English translation: "The Song"
- Themes:
- Abstraction, Music
- Techniques:
- Etching
- Description:
- Etching diptych, with watercolor, gouache, and ink additions
- Support:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- sheet: 11 1/4 × 7" (28.6 × 17.8 cm) sheet: 12 1/2 × 8" (31.8 × 20.3 cm)
- Signature:
- Left: "LB" right lower margin, pencil. (Elements of letters reinforced.) Right: "Louise Bourgeois" lower right comp. and margin, pencil.
- Publisher:
- Osiris, New York
- Printer:
- Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH
- Edition:
- Unique
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- The plate used on the left of this diptych is also found in two other compositions. They are titled “Mouillés le Soir” and “2 Friends” and are seen in Related Works in the Catalogue, below. The plate on the right of this diptych is the only known appearance of this composition within Bourgeois’s work.
- Curatorial Remarks:
- The color of the hand additions, plate size, and paper type could not be documented because this work is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
La Chanson
2009
States
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Only state
2009
2009
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
