Cat. No. 1138/II
The Liseuse
- State/Variant:
- State II of II
- Date:
- c. 1939
- Descriptive Title:
-
English translation: "The Reader"
- Themes:
- Architecture, Figures, Objects
- Techniques:
- Relief
- Description:
- Woodcut, with additions in red and blue ink
- Support:
- Wove, Japanese paper
- Dimensions:
- composition: 14 × 9 13/16" (35.5 × 25 cm); sheet (top portion): 8 3/4 × 11 15/16" (22.3 × 30.4 cm); sheet (bottom portion): 8 7/8 × 6" (22.5 × 15.3 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Inscription:
- "The liseuse [erased]" lower left margin, pencil, artist's hand. Verso: "chinese paper as a [cut off]" bottom of lower left fragment, pencil, artist's hand.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- The artist
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of state II
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition at any state.
State I is known only through microfilm (Archives of American Art, reel 54, frame 404; full sheet visible). - State Changes and Additions:
- Matrices:
This composition included 2 different woodcut blocks.
Block 1: basic composition for all areas except figure, chair, and part of back wall; printed in blue.
Block 2: figure, chair, and part of back wall; printed in orange.
Changes from state I (known through microfilm), in woodcut: chair slightly altered; window panes removed. - Curatorial Remarks:
- A segment of what appears to be missing lower left composition adhered to verso of upper sheet portion. A segment of newspaper adhered to verso of lower sheet portion. Removal of either segment would damage the sheet.
- Former Cat. No.:
- W & S 8
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 85.1994.a-b
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY