Cat. No. 277/I, variant 2
Untitled
- State/Variant:
- State I of II, variant
- Date:
- 2004
- Descriptive Title:
-
Branch with Needle Offshoots
- Themes:
- Nature
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with black ink additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 7 7/8 x 5 13/16" (20 x 14.7 cm); sheet: 11 15/16 x 9 3/8" (30.3 x 23.8 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right margin, pencil.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 2 known variant impressions of state I
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition at any state.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Additions in black ink: needles added, anticipating state II.
- Background:
- Bourgeois created this composition at the same time she was working on other nature-themed prints that ultimately were included in the editioned series of portfolios, "Les Arbres" (1-6). This composition was not among the prints represented in those portfolios.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 55.2012
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY