
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Cat. No. 1309
I Do (#2)
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 2009
- Themes:
- Abstraction, Words
- Techniques:
- Etching
- Description:
- Etching, with blue pencil additions
- Support:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- sheet: 5 3/8 × 5 7/8" (13.7 × 14.9 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" right lower comp., pencil. (Elements of letters reinforced.)
- Inscription:
- "I / do" upper center comp., blue pencil, artist's hand.
- Publisher:
- Osiris, New York
- Printer:
- Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH
- Edition:
- 5 known impressions of the only state
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- The hand additions on this composition vary from impression to impression, as do the titles. Two examples, titled, “Rivière” (# 2 and #6), relate to a similar composition, where 3 examples are titled “Rivière” (#1, #3, and #4); the latter are seen below in Related Works in the Catalogue. [There is no known composition titled “Rivière (#5)”.] The orientations of examples of this composition also vary. For comparisons, see the Evolving Composition Diagram.
- 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