
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Cat. No. 1317
Rayons du Soleil (Yes I Do)
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 2008
- Descriptive Title:
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English translation: "Sunbeams (Yes I Do)"
- Themes:
- Abstraction, Nature
- Techniques:
- Etching
- Description:
- Etching, with watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, and pencil additions
- Support:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- sheet: 6 1/2 × 10 7/8" (16.5 × 27.6 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" right lower comp., pencil. (Elements of letters reinforced.)
- Inscription:
- "yes I do" lower center comp., pencil, artist's hand.
- Publisher:
- Osiris, New York
- Printer:
- Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH
- Edition:
- 7 known impressions of the only state
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- The hand additions on this composition vary from impression to impression. The impressions are presented as single compositions, in a diptych, and in a triptych. The titles vary slightly, except for the diptych, which has a different title.
The works are listed here, and all but the diptych are seen in the Evolving Composition below; the diptych is seen in Related Works in the Catalogue.
“Rayons du Soleil (I Do)”: 2 impressions
“Rayons du Soleil”: 1 impression
“Rayons du Soleil ”: triptych of 3 impressions
“The Pollination”: diptych of 1 impression of this composition and 1 impression of a second composition - Curatorial Remarks:
- The plate size and paper type could not be documented because this work is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY