Cat. No. 1069/II
Le Mot Pitié M'a Apaisée
- State/Variant:
- State II of II
- Date:
- 2001
- Descriptive Title:
-
English translation: "The Word Pity Calmed Me"
- Themes:
- Words
- Techniques:
- Aquatint, Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint and aquatint
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 10 7/8 x 8 5/8" (27.7 x 21.9 cm); sheet: 11 13/16 x 9 5/16" (30 x 23.6 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right margin, red ink.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of state II
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition at any state.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state I, in aquatint: letters filled in.
- 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:
- 1508.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY