Cat. No. 53/IV, variant 2
Untitled (Spider and Snake)
- State/Variant:
- State IV of IV, variant
- Date:
- 2003
- Alternate Title:
-
Spider with Spiral
- Themes:
- Animals & Insects, Spiders, Spirals
- Techniques:
- Drypoint, Engraving
- Description:
- Drypoint and engraving, with red gouache, blue watercolor, and black ink additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 10 1/8 x 11 7/8" (25.7 x 30.1 cm); sheet: 11 x 14" (28 x 35.5 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right comp., black ink.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 2 known variant impressions of state IV, outside the edition
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state III in drypoint: widened and shaded the body.
Additions in black ink: black dot inside the bottom coil of the snake. - Background:
- The editioned State IV of this composition was published as a benefit for the Beyeler Foundation, Riehen/Basel, Switzerland.
- Artist’s Remarks:
- Inscribed on the verso of the source drawing: "Patte Cassée / Broken leg. / Friendly Spider: The snake curled around one of its leg and sits there. Sept."
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1460.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY