
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Cat. No. 1106, unique variant 1, in 1338
Untitled, no. 1 of 5, from the series, Le Matin Rouge
- State/Variant:
- Only state, unique variant
- Date:
- 2009
- Series:
- Le Matin Rouge (View All)
- Descriptive Title:
-
English translation: "The Red Morning"
- Themes:
- Abstraction, Nature
- Techniques:
- Etching
- Description:
- Etching, with watercolor, gouache, and pencil additions
- Support:
- Paper (two attached sheets)
- Dimensions:
- sheet: 68 × 34 1/4" (172.7 × 87 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois" right lower margin, pencil.
- Inscription:
- "les oiseaux" lower right margin, pencil; "La musique" lower middle margin, pencil; "anges" lower left margin, pencil; "le matin Rouge" left lower edge, margin, pencil; all artist's hand.
- Publisher:
- Osiris, New York
- Printer:
- Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH
- Edition:
- Unique
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- The plate used for this composition, found in the central portion of the sheet, was also used for an editioned print, a variant impression, and another composition in this series (no. 4); all are seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below.
- Curatorial Remarks:
- The color of the hand additions, 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