Cat. No. 406/IV
The Ladders
- State/Variant:
- State IV of VII
- Date:
- 2002
- Themes:
- Objects
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint
- Support:
- Smooth, wover paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 11 7/8 x 9 15/16" (30.2 x 25.3 cm); sheet: 16 x 13" (40.6 x 33 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois" lower middle margin, pencil
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 4 known impressions of state IV
- Impression:
- "wp" lower left margin, pencil, unknown hand
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state VII.
Of the 4 known impressions of state IV, 1 is not illustrated, due to its similarity to the impression seen here. That impression is in MoMA's Collection (Accession Number 1597.2008). - State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state III in drypoint: figure at lower right further delineated.
- Artist’s Remarks:
- The impression of state IV not illustrated here (MoMA Accession Number 1597.2008) is inscribed on the verso: "ladders of success./ many different kinds-" lower left sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1524.2012
- This Work in Other Collections:
- National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY