Louise Bourgeois. Rain Falling on Water (2003)

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Cat. No. 760/X, variant 2

Themes:: Nature
Techniques:: Drypoint, Engraving
Description:: Drypoint and engraving, with red ink and red crayon additions
Support:: Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:: plate: 7 7/8 × 9 13/16" (20 × 25 cm); sheet: 11 3/8 × 12 3/8" (28.9 × 31.5 cm)
Signature:: “LB” right lower margin, red ink.
Publisher:: unpublished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 black.
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:: 1480.2012