NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Cat. No. 553/III
Mountain Ponds 1993 (When in Doubt Suspend Judgement)
- State/Variant:
- State III of XIII
- Date:
- 1993
- Alternate Title:
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Lacs de Montagne (Mountain Lakes); Convulsions
- Themes:
- Nature
- Techniques:
- Aquatint, Engraving
- Description:
- Engraving and aquatint, with blue and pink watercolor, blue ink, and charcoal additions
- Support:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 18 1/16 × 23 7/8" (45.9 × 60.6 cm); sheet: 26 1/2 × 32" (67.3 × 81.3 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Inscription:
- “Dans le doute suspend judgement / Les lacs de montagne / appaisant et dispai… / Tu veux etre un lac de / May / temps [illeg.] artour / chaque chose à sa / place / illustrative / le figuratif a / veut dere le / metaphorique / es[illeg.]ples / zealous bar tending / au seus figure / joueur foul play / fervid fervor / eager / fanatical / 2 seus / litteraure [sic] / et [illeg.] / Lacant / Teleuse / Religious zeal / dedicated / devoted ernest [sic] midressed -> / zeale and / zeale and / J’ai passé / ma vie à faire du / zele” left to right lower margin, pencil, artist’s hand; “10.29.93 2nd 3rd [crossed out] state aquatint: pink blue spit bite / black engraving 2 plates” lower left to lower middle margin, unknown hand, pencil; “Je ne joue pas sun / les mots et je ne suis / Pas [illeg.] / le maurais joueur / Faire du Tele est sexy / true or false or / dangerous / The smell of wine of / feet of earth. / of / sweat / zele and fashion / Marjoue at 349 / atmosphere de boufle / et de [illeg.] riddle. / le zele et personne ne / canfu… - les / consuis – the message is clear. les apres et la petite [sketch] studio / petite atelier, petite studio / petite apparte / pousses la / chanson / le zele / & / La Dre[illeg.] / jour du / Chantage / Le Jour de la [illeg.] / de la mere / Jealous entertaining / sant [illeg.] la / Reorere traveling / zealous collecting / zealous cooking / zealous singing / zealous dancing / zealous flirting / zealous funding” upper to lower right margin, pencil, artist’s hand.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of state III
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of states XII and XIII. This composition was also issued as a published edition at state II.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Matrices:
The progression of this composition, as seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below, involved 3 plates.
Plate 1: overall linear composition; printed in black.
Plate 2: fill in lakes, and later, larger cloud form; usually printed in blue, sometimes in red, pink, and gray.
Plate 3: fill in mountains and smaller cloud form; printed in blue and/or red.
Print State Changes:
Plate 1 printed in black, over plate 2 printed in blue and pink.
Changes from state II, in aquatint: lakes and large cloud form added.
Additions in blue ink: sun added, anticipating state IV. - Background:
- State XIII was published as a benefit for Chalcographie of the Musée du Louvre, Paris.
- Curatorial Remarks:
- The type of paper 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.
- Other Remarks:
- According to Bourgeois's assistant, Jerry Gorovoy, this composition depicts mountains in Switzerland and likely references the artist's memories of visits there in her youth, especially for skiing.
- Public Collection:
- Musée du Louvre, Paris
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Mountain Ponds 1993; Lacs de Montagne
1993-1997
Studies
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States
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State I of XIII, variant
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State I of XIII, variant
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State II of XIII, variant
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State II of XIII
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State II of XIII
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State II of XIII
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State II of XIII
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1993
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State III of XIII
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1993
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State IV of XIII
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1993
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State IV of XIII
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1993
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State V of XIII, variant
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1993
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State V of XIII, variant
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State V of XIII, variant
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State V of XIII, variant
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State V of XIII, variant
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State V of XIII, variant
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State VI of XIII
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State VII of XIII
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State VIII of XIII
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1996
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State IX of XIII
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1996
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State X of XIII
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State XI of XIII, variant
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1997
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State XI of XIII, variant
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Published
State XII of XIII
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Published
State XIII of XIII
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1997
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