Cat. No. 126/V
Untitled (Holiday Laurel)
- State/Variant:
- State V of V
- Date:
- 2004
- Themes:
- Nature
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with selective wiping
- Support:
- Slightly textured, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 10 1/16 x 7 1/2" (25.5 x 19 cm); sheet: 16 x 12 1/2" (40.6 x 31.8 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois 2004" lower right margin, pencil.
- Publisher:
- The artist
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 100; plus 20 A.P., 10 P.P., 4 H.C., 1 B.A.T.
- Impression:
- "HC 1/4" lower left margin, pencil, artist's hand.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state IV, in drypoint: scattered leaves on the plant at the left, shaded in, and alternating leaves on the plant at the right, further delineated.
- Background:
- Bourgeois created this composition, printed on paper, as a 2004 holiday gift for a circle of friends. In the same year, she created another composition on fabric, Untitled (Descriptive Title: Hand Holding Tree), for a selected, smaller group of friends.
- Curatorial Remarks:
- It should be noted that states II and III, and one variant of state IV, are printed on fabric but the edition was ultimately published on paper.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1437.2007
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Tate Modern, London
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY