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LOUISE BOURGEOIS: COMPLETE BOOKS & PRINTS

Louise Bourgeois: Complete Books & Prints
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Cat. No. 1282

Hommage à Miro (#3)

State/Variant:
Only state
Date:
2008
Themes:
Abstraction
Techniques:
Etching
Description:
Etching, with watercolor and gouache additions
Support:
Paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 9 3/8 × 13 1/4" (23.8 × 33.7 cm)
Signature:
"L.B." lower right margin, pencil.
Publisher:
Osiris, New York
Printer:
Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH
Edition:
1 known impression of the only state
Impression:
Not numbered
Edition Information:
This composition is made up of the plate for "Hommage à Miro (#1)" combined with the plate for "Hommage à Miro (#4)". See both in Related Works in the Catalogue below.
Background:
Bourgeois befriended artist Joan Miró in 1947 through her participation at Atelier 17, the communal print workshop founded by Stanley William Hayter, and transferred from Paris to New York during the war years.
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.

Hommage à Miro (#3) and (#5)
2008

States

Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Hommage à Miro (#3). 2008
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Hommage à Miro (#3)
Only state
2008
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Hommage à Miro (#5). 2008
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Hommage à Miro (#5)
Only state
2008