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Cat. No. 1069/I

Le Mot Pitié M'a Apaisée

State/Variant:
State I of II
Date:
2001
Descriptive Title:
English translation: "The Word Pity Calmed Me"
Themes:
Words
Techniques:
Drypoint
Description:
Drypoint, with red ink additions
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 10 7/8 × 8 5/8" (27.7 × 21.9 cm); sheet: 14 x 10 1/2" (35.5 x 26.7 cm)
Signature:
"LB" right lower margin, red ink.
Inscription:
Verso: "2001" lower right sheet, red ink, artist's hand.
Publisher:
unpublished
Printer:
Harlan & Weaver, New York
Edition:
1 known impression of state I
Impression:
Not numbered
Edition Information:
Not issued as a published edition at any state.
Artist’s Remarks:
Inscribed on the recto of a related drawing, "The Mot pitié m'a apaisée," 2002, red ink and pencil on paper: "Je ne lis pas, j'ecris dans mon lit, / Peut etre devrai je avoir peur mais j'ai pas peur / tort arrive a qui sait attendre son / patient [?], ne desespere pas. / flageolet flageoler / You are my sunshine / my little sunshine you shine away when the / skies are grey— / please don't take take my sunshine away—"
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
1507.2008

Le Mot Pitié M'a Apaisée
2001

States

Louise Bourgeois. Le Mot Pitié M'a Apaisée. 2001
State I of II
2001
Louise Bourgeois. Le Mot Pitié M'a Apaisée. 2001
State II of II
2001