Cat. No. 406/IV, variant 2
The Ladders
- State/Variant:
- State IV of VII, variant
- Date:
- 2002
- Themes:
- Objects
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with selective wiping, and red ink additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 11 15/16 x 9 15/16" (30.3 x 25.3 cm); sheet: 15 1/4 x 10 5/8" (38.8 x 27 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Inscription:
- Verso: "the Black man." lower right sheet, pencil, artist's hand
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 4 known impressions of state IV
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state VII.
Of the 4 known impressions of state IV, 1 is not illustrated, due to its similarity to another impression in MoMA's Collection (Accession Number 1524.2012) seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below. - State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state III in drypoint: figure at lower right further delineated.
Additions in red ink: small ladder at lower right further delineated, anticipating state VI. - MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1596.2008
- This Work in Other Collections:
- National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
The Ladders
2002-2006
Source
2002
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
The Ladders
Ink, pencil and correction fluid on paper
2002
Ink, pencil and correction fluid on paper
2002
States
State I of VII
2002
2002
State II of VII
2002
2002
State III of VII
2002
2002
State IV of VII
2002
2002
State IV of VII, variant
2003
2003
State IV of VII, variant
2002
2002
State V of VII
2003
2003
State VI of VII
2006
2006
Published
State VII of VII
2006
2006
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
