Cat. No. 609.2
Merci Crime
- State/Variant:
- Version 2 of 2, only state
- Date:
- 1994
- Themes:
- Words
- Techniques:
- Aquatint
- Description:
- Aquatint
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 19 7/8 x 15 7/8" (50.5 x 40.3 cm); sheet: 24 x 20 1/16" (61 x 51 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of version 2
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition at any state.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from version 1: composition transferred to a new matrix, in aquatint.
- Artist’s Remarks:
- Inscribed on the verso of the source painting: "Pour / Hubbeltje-bubbeltje"
- Other Remarks:
- According to Felix Harlan of Harlan & Weaver, this composition was created using an experimental combination of printmaking techniques. First, the source painting was photographed and transferred to a silkscreen. Second, the image was silkscreened onto a copper plate using a sugar lift solution. Then the plate was processed as a traditional sugar lift aquatint.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 654.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY