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Cat. No. 406/IV, variant 2

The Ladders

State/Variant:
State IV of VII, variant
Date:
2002
Themes:
Objects
Techniques:
Drypoint
Description:
Drypoint, with selective wiping, and red ink additions
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 11 15/16 x 9 15/16" (30.3 x 25.3 cm); sheet: 15 1/4 x 10 5/8" (38.8 x 27 cm)
Signature:
Not signed
Inscription:
Verso: "the Black man." lower right sheet, pencil, artist's hand
Publisher:
unpublished
Printer:
Harlan & Weaver, New York
Edition:
4 known impressions of state IV
Impression:
Not numbered
Edition Information:
Proof before the editioning of state VII.

Of the 4 known impressions of state IV, 1 is not illustrated, due to its similarity to another impression in MoMA's Collection (Accession Number 1524.2012) seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below.
State Changes and Additions:
Changes from state III in drypoint: figure at lower right further delineated.
Additions in red ink: small ladder at lower right further delineated, anticipating state VI.
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
1596.2008
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