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plate: 10 1/16 x 7 3/8" (25.5 x 18.8 cm); sheet: 15 9/16 x 11 1/4" (39.5 x 28.5 cm)
Signature:
Not signed
Inscription:
Verso: “Heureux qui come Ulyse a fait / un beau voyage. et comme ces [illeg.] / la conquis / la toison. / et [illeg.] plus / d'usage et Raison pour / vivre [illeg.] le reste de / son age . en gardant ses / moutons” center sheet, pencil, artist’s hand; “Ed Rusche / at Gagosian" lower right sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
Changes from state IV, by burnishing: previous areas of burnishing more fully removed.
Background:
The first inscription on the verso of this impression refers to the poem "Les Regrets" by the French Renaissance poet Joachin du Bellay (c. 1522–1560).
Artist’s Remarks:
Inscribed on the source drawing: "acousticca [sic] / dans le silence, she carries a tune / de la maison.” Verso: “Accoustica / She carries a tone / She holds the note”
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