Cat. No. 691/III
Topiary
- State/Variant:
- State III of III
- Date:
- 2005
- Themes:
- Figures, Nature
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 11 15/16 x 5 7/8" (30.4 x 15 cm); sheet: 15 1/2 x 8" (39.4 x 20.3 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right margin, pencil.
- Publisher:
- The artist
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 140; plus 15 A.P., 10 P.P., 4 T.P., 1 B.A.T.
- Impression:
- "1/140" lower left margin, pencil, unknown hand.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state II, by burnishing: small, faint circle in upper figure removed; scratches and stray marks removed from left leg and background.
- Background:
- Bourgeois created prints as holiday gifts for a circle of friends. State III of "Topiary" was used as a holiday gift in 2005.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1438.2007
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Tate Modern, London
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY