Cat. No. 288
You Are My Polar Star
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 2009
- Themes:
- Fabric Works, Nature, Words
- Techniques:
- Digital
- Description:
- Digital print, with stitching in red thread
- Support:
- Fabric
- Dimensions:
- sheet: 36 x 27 5/8" (91.4 x 70.2 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" right lower comp., stitched in red thread.
- Publisher:
- Carolina Nitsch Editions, New York
- Printer:
- Dyenamix, New York
- Edition:
- 15; plus 4 A.P.
- Impression:
- "AP 2/4" lower middle sheet verso, white pencil, unknown hand.
- Edition Information:
- There is 1 known variant impression, outside the edition. The impression is included in the unique fabric collage, "You are My Polar Star."
The star elements derive from an editioned work, "Les Étoiles," and are also found in the unique fabric collage, "Polar Star." The stars were enlarged through the digital printing process for two additional unique fabric collages: "The Long Night" and "The Long Night II." These works are seen below in Related Works in the Catalogue. - MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 108.2012
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY