Cat. No. 406/IV
The Ladders
- State/Variant:
- State IV of VII
- Date:
- 2002
- Themes:
- Objects
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint
- Support:
- Smooth, wover paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 11 7/8 x 9 15/16" (30.2 x 25.3 cm); sheet: 16 x 13" (40.6 x 33 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois" lower middle margin, pencil
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 4 known impressions of state IV
- Impression:
- "wp" lower left margin, pencil, unknown hand
- 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 the impression seen here. That impression is in MoMA's Collection (Accession Number 1597.2008). - State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state III in drypoint: figure at lower right further delineated.
- Artist’s Remarks:
- The impression of state IV not illustrated here (MoMA Accession Number 1597.2008) is inscribed on the verso: "ladders of success./ many different kinds-" lower left sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1524.2012
- 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
