
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Cat. No. 1280
Blue Confrontation (#1)
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 2006
- Themes:
- Abstraction, Music
- Techniques:
- Etching
- Description:
- Etching, with watercolor and gouache additions
- Support:
- Music paper; staves drawn in pencil
- Dimensions:
- sheet: 9 1/8 × 13" (23.2 × 33 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB"lower right margin, pencil.
- Publisher:
- Osiris, New York
- Printer:
- Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH
- Edition:
- 4 known impressions of the only state
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- The hand additions on this composition vary from impression to impression; the titles are in a numerical sequence. For comparison, see the other examples in the Evolving Composition Diagram below. It seems that the plate for this composition was also combined with a second, presently unidentified plate, to create "Red Confrontation (#3)" seen below in Related Works in the Catalogue.
- 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 Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY