Cat. No. 427.2
The Night
- State/Variant:
- Version 2 of 2
- Date:
- 2001
- Themes:
- Nature, Objects
- Techniques:
- Lithography
- Description:
- Lithograph
- Support:
- Smooth, wove BFK Rives paper
- Dimensions:
- composition: 17 x 14" (43.2 x 35.6 cm); sheet: 20 1/16 x 16 1/16" (51 x 40.8 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois 2001" lower right margin, pencil.
- Publisher:
- SOLO Impression, New York
- Printer:
- SOLO Impression, New York
- Edition:
- 50; plus 9 A.P., 4 P.P., 1 B.A.T., 1 T.P.
- Impression:
- "AP 2" lower left margin, pencil, unknown hand.
- Edition Information:
- Research indicates that there may be 10 A.P. impressions of this composition, rather than the 9 A.P. impressions cited in the Edition.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Matrices:
The progression of this composition, as seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below, included 11 different aluminum lithography plates. The combinations of plates (and the colors of ink) vary from one impression to another. The published impressions include only 7 runs.
Print State Changes:
Changes from version 1: matrix including flower imagery replaced with matrix including boot imagery, in lithography.
Addition via masking: moon. - Curatorial Remarks:
- A blended inking on one run created the blue to yellow-blue gradation.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 38.2002
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
The Night
2001
Source
1994-95
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Untitled, no. 220 of 220, from the series...
Ink and pencil on paper
1994-95
Ink and pencil on paper
1994-95
First Version
Version 1 of 2
2001
2001
Second Version
Version 2 of 2, variant
2001
2001
Version 2 of 2, variant
2001
2001
Version 2 of 2, variant
2001
2001
Version 2 of 2, variant
2001
2001
Version 2 of 2, variant
2001
2001
Version 2 of 2, variant
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2001
Published
Version 2 of 2
2001
2001
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