Cat. No. 831/II
The Three Graces
- State/Variant:
- State II of II
- Date:
- 1998-2002
- Themes:
- Nature
- Techniques:
- Aquatint, Drypoint, Engraving
- Description:
- Drypoint, engraving, and aquatint, with black, brown, and red gouache, red crayon, white correction fluid, blue pencil, and black ink additions
- Support:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 22 × 29 3/4" (55.9 × 75.6 cm); sheet: 27 1/2 × 34 3/8" (69.9 × 87.3 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois 2002" lower right margin, pencil.
- Inscription:
- "State Proof" lower left margin, pencil, artist's hand.
- 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- unpublished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:
- Matrices:
The progression of this composition, as seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below, included 2 plates.
Plate 1: overall composition; in drypoint and engraving.
Plate 2: background; in aquatint.
Print State Changes:
Plate 1, printed in black, over plate 2, printed in dark gray.
Changes from state I, in drypoint: figure added at base of center tree.
Changes from state I, in engraving: several existing lines reinforced. - Background:
- The figure at the base of the center tree is similar to that in the composition titled, "Embracing the Tree II" (see Related Works in the Catalogue).
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of The Easton Foundation
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 565.2016
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
The Three Graces
1996-2002
Source
1996
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
The Three Graces
Pencil, ink, and correction fluid on music paper
1996
Pencil, ink, and correction fluid on music paper
1996
Source
1997
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Untitled (The Three Graces)
Watercolor, acrylic, pencil, and colored pencil on paper
1997
Watercolor, acrylic, pencil, and colored pencil on paper
1997
Studies
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Study
1996
1996
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Study
1997
1997
States
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
State I of II, variant
1998-2002
1998-2002
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
State I of II, variant
1998–2002
1998–2002
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
State I of II, variant
1998-2002
1998-2002
State II of II
1998-2002
1998-2002
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
