Cat. No. 53/IV
Untitled (Spider and Snake)
- State/Variant:
- State IV of IV
- Date:
- 2003
- Alternate Title:
-
Spider with Spiral
- Themes:
- Animals & Insects, Spiders, Spirals
- Techniques:
- Drypoint, Engraving
- Description:
- Drypoint and engraving, with selective wiping, and red gouache and black ink additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 9 15/16 x 11 15/16" (25.3 x 30.4 cm); sheet: 17 1/2 x 19" (44.5 x 48.3 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois 2003" lower right margin.
- Publisher:
- The artist
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 50; plus 12 A.P., 5 P.P., and 1 B.A.T.
- Impression:
- "AP 2/12" lower left margin.
- Edition Information:
- There are 2 known variant impressions of state IV, outside the edition.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state III in drypoint: widened and shaded the body.
Additions in black ink: black dot inside the bottom coil of the snake. - Benefit Work:
- For the Beyeler Foundation, Riehen/Basel, Switzerland
- Artist’s Remarks:
- Inscribed on the verso of the source drawing: "Patte Cassée / Broken leg. / Friendly Spider: The snake curled around one of its leg and sits there. Sept."
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of The Easton Foundation
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1481.2012
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled (Spider and Snake)
2000-2003
Source
1999
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Friendly Spider
Ink and pencil on paper
1999
Ink and pencil on paper
1999
States
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
State I of IV
2000
2000
State II of IV, variant
2000
2000
State II of IV, variant
2000-2003
2000-2003
State III of IV, variant
2003
2003
State III of IV, variant
2003
2003
State IV of IV, variant
2003
2003
State IV of IV, variant
2003
2003
Published
State IV of IV
2003
2003
-
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
