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Cat. No. 406/III

The Ladders

State/Variant:
State III of VII
Date:
2002
Themes:
Objects
Techniques:
Drypoint
Description:
Drypoint, with selective wiping, and red ink and white gouache additions
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 11 7/8 x 9 15/16" (30.1 x 25.3 cm); sheet: 15 9/16 x 10 5/8" (39.5 x 27 cm)
Signature:
"LB" right lower margin, red ink.
Inscription:
"Indecent exposure/ expressionist exhibitionist" (erased) lower center margin, pencil, artist's hand
Publisher:
unpublished
Printer:
Harlan & Weaver, New York
Edition:
1 known impression of state III
Impression:
Not numbered
Edition Information:
Proof before the editioning of state VII.
State Changes and Additions:
Changes from state II in drypoint: figure at lower right delineated.
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
1595.2008
This Work in Other Collections:
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

The Ladders
2002-2006

Source
2002

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

States

Louise Bourgeois. The Ladders. 2002
State I of VII
2002
Louise Bourgeois. The Ladders. 2002
State II of VII
2002
Louise Bourgeois. The Ladders. 2002
State III of VII
2002
Louise Bourgeois. The Ladders. 2002
State IV of VII
2002
Louise Bourgeois. The Ladders. 2003
State IV of VII, variant
2003
Louise Bourgeois. The Ladders. 2002
State IV of VII, variant
2002
Louise Bourgeois. The Ladders. 2003
State V of VII
2003
Louise Bourgeois. The Ladders. 2006
State VI of VII
2006
Published Louise Bourgeois. The Ladders. 2006
State VII of VII
2006