Louise Bourgeois. Notre Dame des Fleurs (2007)

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Cat. No. 1309

Descriptive Title:: English translation: "Our Lady of the Flowers"
Themes:: Abstraction, Nature
Techniques:: Etching
Description:: Etching, with watercolor, gouache, and pencil additions
Support:: Paper
Dimensions:: sheet: 8 1/4 × 7 3/8" (21 × 18.7 cm)
Signature:: "LB" right lower margin, pencil. (Elements of letters reinforced.)
Inscription:: "Notre Dame des / fleurs" lower middle margin, pencil, artist's hand.
Publisher:: Osiris, New York
Printer:: Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH
Edition:: 5 known impressions of the only state
Impression:: Not numbered
Edition Information:: The hand additions on this composition vary from impression to impression, as do the titles. Two examples, titled, “Rivière” (# 2 and #6), relate to a similar composition, where 3 examples are titled “Rivière” (#1, #3, and #4); the latter are seen below in Related Works in the Catalogue. [There is no known composition titled “Rivière (#5)”.] The orientations of examples of this composition also vary. For comparisons, see the Evolving Composition Diagram.
Curatorial Remarks:: The color of the hand additions, 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.

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