
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Cat. No. 579/V, variant 2
Acoustica
- State/Variant:
- State V of V, variant
- Date:
- 2003
- Themes:
- Figures, Music
- Techniques:
- Drypoint, Engraving
- Description:
- Drypoint, with pencil additions
- Dimensions:
- plate: 10 1/16 x 7 3/8" (25.5 x 18.8 cm); sheet: 10 1/2 x 8" (26.7 x 20.3 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" right lower margin, pencil.
- Inscription:
- Verso: "Acoustica"
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 3 known impressions of state V
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition at any state.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state IV, by burnishing: previous areas of burnishing more fully removed.
- Artist’s Remarks:
- Inscribed on the source drawing: "acousticca [sic] / dans le silence, she carries a tune / de la maison.” Verso: “Accoustica / She carries a tone / She holds the note”
- Curatorial Remarks:
- The plate dimensions, paper type, and inscription details 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 an impression in MoMA’s Collection. The sheet dimensions were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY