Cat. No. 126/IV, variant 2
Untitled (Holiday Laurel)
- State/Variant:
- State IV of V, variant
- Date:
- 2004
- Themes:
- Nature
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with blue ink additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 9 15/16 x 7 1/2" (25.3 x 19.1 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 12 3/8" (38 x 31.5 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right margin, pencil.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 2 known variant impressions of state IV
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state V.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state III in drypoint: alternating leaves on the plant at the right, fully shaded.
Additions in blue ink: scattered leaves on the plant at the left, shaded in, and alternating leaves on the plant at the right, further delineated, both anticipating state V. - Background:
- State V of this composition, printed on paper, was created as a 2004 holiday gift for a circle of friends. In the same year, Bourgeois created another composition, on fabric, called, Untitled (Descriptive Title: Hand Holding Tree), for a selected, smaller group of friends.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 42.2012
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Tate Modern, London
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY