Cat. No. 246.1/VI
Twosome
- State/Variant:
- Version 1 of 3, state VI of VI
- Date:
- 2005
- Themes:
- Music, Objects
- Techniques:
- Drypoint, Etching
- Description:
- Drypoint and etching, with pink chine collé
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper, with Shikibu gampi chine collé
- Dimensions:
- plate: 8 3/8 x 10 7/8" (21.3 x 27.6 cm); sheet: 15 x 17" (38.1 x 43.2 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois 2005" lower right margin, pencil.
- Publisher:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 25; plus 7 A.P., 5 P.P., 2 H.C., 1 B.A.T.
- Impression:
- "hc 1/2" lower left margin, pencil, unknown hand
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from version 1, state V in etching: music staves printed on chine collé paper.
Changes from version 1, state V by burnishing: openings at base of back of left chair added.
Changes from version 1, state V in drypoint: knobs at bottom of arms of left chair added. - Curatorial Remarks:
- Bourgeois experimented with this composition from 2002 to 2004, through versions 1, 2, and 3. In 2005, she went back to version 1 and finalized the edition of version 1, state VI, printed with chine collé.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 331.2009
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Tate Modern, London
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY