
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Cat. No. 1101, unique variant 2, in 1338
Untitled, no. 5 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 Maison
- Descriptive Title:
-
English translation: "The Red Morning"
- Themes:
- Abstraction, Nature
- Techniques:
- Etching
- Description:
- Etching, with gouache, watercolor, ink, pencil, and colored pencil additions
- Support:
- Paper (two attached sheets)
- Dimensions:
- sheet: 67 1/2 × 34 1/4" (171.5 × 87 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" right lower comp., pencil.
- Inscription:
- “[illegible] Etoile rouge descende à la maison” lower left to lower middle comp., pencil, artist's hand.
- Publisher:
- Osiris, New York
- Printer:
- Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH
- Edition:
- Unique
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- The plate used in this composition was issued as an edition, in two variants outside the edition, and in three unique variants (one in the series, “Le Matin Rouge”). All can be seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below.
There are also 2 known cancellation proofs. - 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