LOUISE BOURGEOIS: COMPLETE BOOKS & PRINTS

Themes:

Words

Techniques:

Aquatint

Description:

Aquatint, with white correction fluid additions

Support:

Paper

Dimensions:

plate: 19 7/8 × 15 7/8" (50.5 × 40.3 cm); sheet: 24 × 20" (61 × 50.8 cm)

Signature:

"LB" lower right margin, pencil.

Publisher:

unpublished

Printer:

Harlan & Weaver, New York

Edition:

2 known impressions of version 2

Impression:

Not numbered

Edition Information:

Not issued as a published edition at any state.

State Changes and Additions:

Changes from version 1: composition transferred to a new matrix, in aquatint.

Artist’s Remarks:

Inscribed on the verso of the source painting: "Pour / Hubbeltje-bubbeltje"

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 the impression of version 2 in MoMA’s Collection. The sheet dimensions were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.

Other Remarks:

According to Felix Harlan of Harlan & Weaver, this composition was created using an experimental combination of printmaking techniques. First, the source painting was photographed and transferred to a silkscreen. Second, the image was silkscreened onto a copper plate using a sugar lift solution. Then the plate was processed as a traditional sugar lift aquatint.

© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY