Cat. No. 619/IV, variant 1
It Breaks If They Are Separated
- State/Variant:
- State IV of IV, variant
- Date:
- 2002
- Descriptive Title:
-
Two Entwined Circles
- Themes:
- Abstraction
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with red and blue gouache, red ink, and red crayon additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 9 15/16 x 11 7/8" (25.2 x 30.2 cm); sheet: 11 x 14 3/16" (28 x 36 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" right lower margin, pencil.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 2 known variant impressions of state IV
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition at any state.
Matrices:
The progression of this composition, as seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below, involved 2 plates.
Plate 1: left circle, and outline of right side of horizontal band.
Plate 2: right circle, and outline of left and right sides of horizontal band. - State Changes and Additions:
- Plate 1 and plate 2 printed in black.
Changes from state III, in drypoint, in plate 2: left side of horizontal band shaded in. - MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1730.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY