LOUISE BOURGEOIS: COMPLETE BOOKS & PRINTS

Descriptive Title:

Cows

Themes:

Animals & Insects

Techniques:

Drypoint

Description:

Drypoint, with red ink and pencil additions

Support:

Smooth, wove Somerset paper

Dimensions:

plate: 24 13/16 x 9 15/16" (63 x 25.2 cm); sheet: 29 1/8 x 14 1/8" (74 x 35.8 cm)

Signature:

"LB" lower right margin, red ink.

Inscription:

"HC" lower left margin, red ink, artist's hand. Verso: "Marie Laure's visit/ Bernard Markadet/ theodora 8 years old - / Panique attack." lower left sheet, pencil, artist's hand; sketch of three cows, lower right sheet, pencil, artist's hand.

Publisher:

unpublished

Printer:

Harlan & Weaver, New York

Edition:

2 known variant impressions of state II

Impression:

Not numbered

Edition Information:

Not issued as a published edition at any state.

The "HC" inscription, in the artist's hand, does not indicate a conventional H.C. impression, which would be included in an edition.

State Changes and Additions:

Changes from version I: composition transferred in various sizes to a new plate, in drypoint.
Changes from version 2, state I, in drypoint: composition reinforced overall.
Additions in red ink and pencil: smaller cow added beneath topmost cow, anticipating state III.

Background:

The inscription on the verso of this impression refers to Marie-Laure Bernadac and Bernard Marcadé, two French curators with a longstanding professional relationship with Bourgeois.

MoMA Credit Line:

Gift of the artist

MoMA Accession Number:

800.2008

© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY