
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Cat. No. 1105, unique variant 2, in 1338
Untitled, no. 3 of 5, from the series, Le Matin Rouge
- State/Variant:
- Only state, unique variant
- Date:
- 2009
- Series:
- Le Matin Rouge (View All)
- Alternate Title:
-
Ma Famille
- Descriptive Title:
-
English translation: "The Red Morning"
- Themes:
- Abstraction, Nature
- Techniques:
- Etching
- Description:
- Etching, with gouache, watercolor, and pencil additions
- Support:
- Paper (three attached sheets)
- Dimensions:
- sheet: 68 1/2 × 34 1/4" (174 × 87 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right comp., pencil (red?)
- Inscription:
- Middle sheet: "les / les 3" right middle comp., pencil; "[illegible]" right lower comp., pencil; "le / le" left middle comp., pencil, artist's hand.
Lower sheet: "maison / ma maison / notre maison / la famille ma famille / notre famille" left lower comp., red ink or pencil, artist's hand. - Publisher:
- Osiris, New York
- Printer:
- Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH
- Edition:
- Unique
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition. However, there is one known impression and three unique variants (one in the series, "Le Matin Rouge"). All can be seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below.
In this composition, the plate appears twice: on the middle sheet it is partially printed and pivoted once to the left; on the bottom sheet it is partially printed and turned upside down. - 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