Cat. No. 1053, study 1
Untitled (Study for The New York Sky)
- State/Variant:
- Study
- Date:
- 1999
- Techniques:
- Other
- Description:
- Photocopy, with blue ink additions
- Support:
- Smooth paper
- Dimensions:
- sheet: 6 5/8 x 5 1/4" (16.8 x 13.4 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Inscription:
- Verso: "this drawing / has been engraved / on copper-- / printed by Felix / where is the / plate / dessin des [illeg.]" upper to lower center sheet, pencil, artist's hand; "L'oeuf qui s'envole parce que le poussin / est claustrophobique-- / see Paulo text" center left sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Edition:
- 1 known photocopy study; 1 known tracing study
- Background:
- The source drawing for this composition was reproduced on the announcement for the 1949 exhibition at Peridot Gallery titled "Louise Bourgeois, Recent Work 1947-1949: Seventeen Standing Figures in Wood." (The Easton Foundation: LBE-0026, 1949)
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 511.2010
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
The New York Sky
1999
Source
1949
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Untitled
Ink on paper
1949
Ink on paper
1949
Studies
Study
1999
1999
1999
States
Only state
1999
1999
Only state, variant
1999
1999
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
