
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Cat. No. 524/II
Railroad Clou
- State/Variant:
- State II of III
- Date:
- 2005
- Descriptive Title:
-
English translation: "Railroad Nail"
- Themes:
- Objects
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint
- Support:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- sheet: 13 3/8 x 10 1/2" (34 x 26.7 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right margin, pencil.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of state II
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition at any state.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state I, in drypoint: shading added to nail.
- Curatorial Remarks:
- The paper type and plate size could not be documented because this work is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person. The sheet size was provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.
- Other Remarks:
- According to Felix Harlan, of Harlan & Weaver, New York, this composition is based on a steel railroad spike the artist had in her studio.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY