
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Cat. No. 524/I
Railroad Clou
- State/Variant:
- State I of III
- Date:
- 2005
- Descriptive Title:
-
English translation: "Railroad Nail"
- Themes:
- Objects
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with red gouache, black ink, and pencil additions
- Support:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- sheet: 11 1/4 x 9" (28.6 x 22.9 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right margin, blue ink.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of state I
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition at any state.
- 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