Cat. No. 760/X, variant 1
Rain Falling on Water
- State/Variant:
- State X of XI, variant
- Date:
- 2003
- Themes:
- Nature
- Techniques:
- Drypoint, Engraving
- Description:
- Drypoint and engraving, with selective wiping, and black and red ink, and red crayon additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 7 7/8 × 9 13/16" (20 × 25 cm); sheet: 11 1/8 × 12 5/8" (28.2 × 32 cm)
- Signature:
- “LB” right lower margin, pencil.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 2 known variant impressions of state X
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition at any state.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Matrices:
The progression of this composition, as seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below, involved 2 matrices.
Plate 1: arrows, moon in upper right composition, and horizon line; printed in red or black.
Plate 2: slightly thicker arrows overlaying original arrows in plate 1; printed in black.
State Changes:
Plate 1, printed in red.
Changes from state IX, in drypoint: reconfigured moon added to upper right composition.
Changes from state IX, in engraving: lines inside vertical shafts of far right arrow reconfigured. - Artist’s Remarks:
- Inscribed on the verso of the source drawing: "il pleut sur la route comme il pleut dans mon coeur. Charles Baudelaire."
In fact, the poem referenced was authored by Paul Verlaine (1844–1896), not Charles Baudelaire. - MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1479.2012
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Rain Falling on Water
2002-2003
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2002
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Il Pleut Sur La Route Comme Il Pleut Dans Mon...
Ink, pencil and crayon on paper
2002
Ink, pencil and crayon on paper
2002
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State I of XI
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State II of XI
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State II of XI, variant
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State IV of XI
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State IX of XI
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State X of XI, variant
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State X of XI, variant
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State XI of XI, variant
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State XI of XI
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