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Cat. No. 586, variant

Cocoon, plate 6 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation

State/Variant:
Only state, variant
Date:
2002
Descriptive Title:
English translation: "The Reparation"
Themes:
Animals & Insects, Nature, Spirals
Techniques:
Drypoint
Description:
Drypoint, with red ink additions
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 11 13/16 x 5 7/8" (30 x 15 cm); sheet: 15 15/16 x 10 1/16" (40.5 x 25.5 cm)
Signature:
"LB" right lower margin, red ink.
Publisher:
unpublished
Printer:
Harlan & Weaver, New York
Edition:
1 known variant impression of the only state, outside the edition
Impression:
Not numbered
Edition Information:
Proof before the editioning of the only state.
Artist’s Remarks:
"The skeins of wool are a friendly refuge, like a web or a cocoon. The caterpillar gets the silk from his mouth, builds his cocoon and when it is completed he dies. The cocoon has exhausted the animal. I am the cocoon. I have no ego. I am my work." (Quote cited in Meyer-Thoss, Christiane. "Louise Bourgeois: Designing for Freel Fall." Zurich: Ammann Verlag, 1992, p. 197.)
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
1498.2008
This Work in Other Collections:
Tate Modern, London

Cocoon, plate 6 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
2002-2003

Source
2002

NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Untitled. 2002
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Untitled
Ink, correction fluid, and pencil on paper
2002

States

Louise Bourgeois. Cocoon, plate 6 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation. 2002
Only state, variant
2002
Published Louise Bourgeois. Cocoon, plate 6 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation. 2003
Only state
2003

Portfolio
2003

Louise Bourgeois. La Réparation. 2003
La Réparation
2003
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