Louise Bourgeois. D'Eau (2008)

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Cat. No. 1304

D'Eau

State/Variant:: Only state
Date:: 2008

Descriptive Title:: English translation: "Water"
Themes:: Abstraction, Nature
Techniques:: Etching
Description:: Etching, with watercolor, gouache, and pencil additions
Support:: Paper
Dimensions:: sheet: 10 1/8 × 6 1/4" (25.7 × 15.9 cm)
Signature:: "LB", right lower margin, pencil. (Elements of letters reinforced.)
Inscription:: "d'eau" upper right margin, 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. Orientations also vary: 3 examples are in one orientation, 3 are in the opposite orientation, and 1 is in a third orientation. Similarly, titles vary, but include 3 examples titled “Rivière” (#1, #3, and #4). Impressions of a similar composition, seen in Related Works in the Catalogue, also include the titles “Rivière” (# 2 and #6). There is no known composition titled “Rivière (#5)”.
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.

The publisher Osiris groups this composition with 22 other compositions under the title "23 Small Works on Paper." Each of the works can be displayed individually. The full set is as follows:
"Le Feu dans la Grille"
"Les Inondations"
"Mouillés le Soir"
"La Peur de l'Eau"
"Le Soir"
"Les Tangos de l'Après Guerre"
"Tourbillon"
"Les Fleurs à Deauville"
"Le Jardin du Luxembourg"
"Memories Qui Renaissent"
"Rivière (#4)"
"Rue de Lille"
"Son Bruit Réverbéré Contre la Montagne"
"D'Eau"
"Fountain (#1)"
"Hommage à Miro"
"Je Cherche Après Titine"
"Les Meules"
"Les Mimosas d'Abord"
"Napoleon en Égypte"
"Rayons du Soleil"
"Rivière (#6)"
"Ton Coeur Ton Coeur"