LOUISE BOURGEOIS: COMPLETE BOOKS & PRINTS

Descriptive Title:

Branch with Needles

Themes:

Fabric Works, Nature

Techniques:

Drypoint

Description:

Drypoint

Support:

Fabric

Dimensions:

plate: 10 1/2 x 6" (26.7 x 15.2 cm); sheet: 13 1/16 x 8 1/16" (33.1 x 20.4 cm)

Signature:

"LB" right lower margin, stitched in blue thread.

Publisher:

unpublished

Printer:

Harlan & Weaver, New York

Edition:

2 known impressions of state II

Impression:

Not numbered

Edition Information:

This composition appears only once in the editioned series, in portfolio (3). It is not included in portfolios (1-2, 4-6).

The second known impression of state II is in MoMA's Collection (Accession Number: 48.2012). It is not illustrated, due to its similarity to the impression seen here.

The editioned series of portfolios, "Les Arbres" (1-6), is not a traditional edition in that each portfolio is unique. Varying compositions, hand additions, and sheet sizes occur throughout the portfolios. Portfolio (1) includes 10 compositions, while portfolios (2-6) each contain 8 compositions.

Included in all 6 portfolios are 5 specific drypoint compositions that appear in the same order. However, the states of these compositions, and their hand additions, vary.

Portfolio (1) is different from all the others in the series, not only because it includes 10 compositions, but also because 5 of the 10 compositions are drawings. The drypoints are the same 5 compositions noted above as being in every portfolio; the drawings are new compositions entirely.

Portfolios (2-6) each contain 3 drypoint compositions on fabric, in addition to the 5 drypoint compositions noted above. The drypoint compositions on fabric vary from portfolio to portfolio.

State Changes and Additions:

Changes from state I in drypoint: needles added at top of composition.

MoMA Credit Line:

Gift of the artist

MoMA Accession Number:

47.2012

© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY