NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Cat. No. 1240
Les Oiseaux
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 2007
- Descriptive Title:
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English translation: "The Birds"
- Themes:
- Abstraction, Nature
- Techniques:
- Etching
- Description:
- Soft ground etching, with blue watercolor and blue gouache additions
- Support:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- sheet: 15 3/4 × 9 7/8" (40 × 25.1 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois" lower right comp. to lower right margin, pencil.
- Inscription:
- "les oiseaux" upper left margin, pencil, artist's hand.
- Publisher:
- Osiris, New York
- Printer:
- Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH
- Edition:
- 3 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. For comparison, see the other examples in the Evolving Composition Diagram below.
- 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
La Bièvre Watteau; Les Oiseaux; Rivière
2007-2008
States
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
La Bièvre Watteau
Only state
2007
Only state
2007
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Les Oiseaux
Only state
2007
Only state
2007
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Rivière
Only state
2008
Only state
2008
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