
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Cat. No. 1001, variant
L'Arbre
- State/Variant:
- Only state, variant
- Date:
- 2004
- Alternate Title:
-
Spring
- Descriptive Title:
-
English translation: "Tree"
- Themes:
- Faces & Portraits, Nature
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with red ink and blue watercolor additions
- Support:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 11 13/16 × 9 15/16" (30 × 25.3 cm); sheet: 14 1/4 × 10 3/4" (36.2 × 27.3 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" right lower margin, red ink.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH
- Edition:
- 1 known variant impression of the only state, outside the edition
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of the only state.
Outside the "Spring" edition, there is a diptych composition which combines this plate with the plate editioned as “The Underground Life of Fear.” The diptych was published as part of an illustrated book. In the illustrated book edition, each book includes 18 plates with hand additions. Both the dyptich composition and “The Underground Life of Fear” can be seen below in Related Works in the Catalogue. - Curatorial Remarks:
- The paper type and plate dimensions of this impression could not be documented because this impression is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person. The plate dimensions are from the published impression in MoMA’s Collection. The sheet dimensions were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.
- Public Collection:
- The Easton Foundation
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY