Cat. No. 353/IV, variant 1
Untitled, plate 4 of 5, from the illustrated book, The Laws of Nature
- State/Variant:
- State IV of VII, variant
- Date:
- 2001
- Themes:
- Figures
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with black ink additions
- Support:
- Smooth wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 4 3/4 x 5 13/16" (12 x 14.7 cm); sheet: 9 x 9 13/16" (22.8 x 25 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right margin, black ink.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 3 known variant impressions of state IV
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editionig of state VI on paper and of state VII on fabric.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state III in drypoint: female figure's second foot and shoe delineated; her hair further delineated; male figure's penis further delineated; male and female figures' heads and faces burnished away and reconfigured.
- Background:
- The artist told printer Felix Harlan that the figures in this series are playing an adult version of a French children's game, known as "faire des galipettes," meaning to do somersaults. In fact, the expression "faire des galipettes" is also slang for having sex, a punning reference that Bourgeois must have enjoyed.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1041.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled, plate 4 of 5, from the illustrated book,The Laws of Nature
2003-2006
States
State I of VII, variant
2000-2001
2000-2001
State I of VII, variant
2000-2001
2000-2001
State II of VII
2000-2001
2000-2001
State III of VII
2000-2001
2000-2001
State IV of VII, variant
2001
2001
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
State IV of VII, variant
c. 2003
c. 2003
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
State IV of VII, variant
c. 2003
c. 2003
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
State V of VII, variant
c. 2003
c. 2003
State V of VII, variant
c. 2003
c. 2003
State VI of VII, variant
c. 2003
c. 2003
State VI of VII, variant
c. 2003
c. 2003
Published
State VI of VII
2003
2003
State VII of VII, variant
c. 2006
c. 2006
Published
State VII of VII
2006
2006
Illustrated Book
2003
Illustrated Book
2006
Series
c. 2003
Series
2001-2003
Series
c. 2003
Series
c. 2003
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
