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- unpublished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