Cat. No. 254.2/IV
Untitled (Wide Tree)
- State/Variant:
- Version 2 of 2, state IV of IV
- Date:
- 2005
- Descriptive Title:
-
Wide Tree
- Themes:
- Figures, Nature
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint
- Support:
- Smooth, wove Hahnemühle paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 9 15/16 × 9 13/16" (25.3 × 25 cm); sheet: 15 1/2 × 11" (39.4 × 27.9 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right margin, pencil.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 2 known impressions of version 2, state IV
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Proof after the editioning of version 1, states I-III, in the series of portfolios, "Les Arbres" (1-6).
Version 2 was not issued as a published edition at any state. - State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from version 1: composition rendered on a new plate, in drypoint; image simplified and inverted.
Changes from version 2, state III in drypoint: horizon line, figure, branches, and roots further delineated and reinforced overall.
Changes from version 2, state III by burnishing: abdomen refined. - Curatorial Remarks:
- The second known impression of version 2, state IV could not be reproduced because this work is not in MoMA's collection and could not be examined in person.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of The Easton Foundation
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 571.2016
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Tate Modern, London
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY