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Cat. No. 1285

Les Inondations

State/Variant:
Only state
Date:
2006
Descriptive Title:
English translation: "The Floods"
Themes:
Abstraction, Nature
Techniques:
Etching
Description:
Etching, with watercolor, gouache, and pencil additions
Support:
Paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 10 3/4 × 8" (27.3 × 20.3 cm)
Signature:
"LB" right lower margin, pencil.
Inscription:
"les inondations" lower middle margin, pencil, artist's hand.
Publisher:
Osiris, New York
Printer:
Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH
Edition:
1 known impression of the only state
Impression:
Not numbered
Curatorial Remarks:
The 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 publisher Osiris groups this composition with 22 other compositions under the title "23 Small Works on Paper." Each of the works can be displayed individually. The full set is as follows:
"Le Feu dans la Grille"
"Les Inondations"
"Mouillés le Soir"
"La Peur de l'Eau"
"Le Soir"
"Les Tangos de l'Après Guerre"
"Tourbillon"
"Les Fleurs à Deauville"
"Le Jardin du Luxembourg"
"Memories Qui Renaissent"
"Rivière (#4)"
"Rue de Lille"
"Son Bruit Réverbéré Contre la Montagne"
"D'Eau"
"Fountain (#1)"
"Hommage à Miro"
"Je Cherche Après Titine"
"Les Meules"
"Les Mimosas d'Abord"
"Napoleon en Égypte"
"Rayons du Soleil"
"Rivière (#6)"
"Ton Coeur Ton Coeur"

Les Inondations
2006

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Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Les Inondations. 2006
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Only state
2006