
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Cat. No. 254.2/III
Untitled (Wide Tree)
- State/Variant:
- Version 2 of 2, state III of IV, variant
- Date:
- 2004-2005
- Descriptive Title:
-
Wide Tree
- Themes:
- Figures, Nature
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with red watercolor, blue watercolor, and red ink additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 9 15/16 × 9 13/16" (25.3 × 25 cm); sheet: 13 1/4 × 11 1/4" (33.7 × 28.6 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right margin, pencil.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 2 known variant impressions of version 2, state III
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Proof after the editioning of version 1, states I-III, in the series of portfolios, "Les Arbres" (1-6).
Version 2 was not issued as a published edition at any state. - State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from version 1: composition rendered on a new plate, in drypoint; image simplified and inverted.
Changes from version 2, state II in drypoint: figure further delineated overall; branches added; branches and roots elongated.
Changes from version 1, state II by burnishing: branches refined. - Curatorial Remarks:
- The plate dimensions are from an impression in MoMA's Collection. The sheet dimensions were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY