Pendus Fragile

Cat. No. 673/II

Pendus Fragile

State/Variant:
State II of II
Date:
c. 1948
Themes
Abstraction, Nature, Objects
Techniques
Engraving, Etching
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 6 15/16 x 3" (17.6 x 7.7 cm); sheet: 9 15/16 x 6 5/8" (25 x 16.9 cm)
Signature:
"L. Bourgeois" lower left margin, pencil.
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
The artist at Atelier 17
Edition:
1 known impression of state II
Edition Information:
Not issued as a published edition at any state.
Impression:
Not numbered
Curatorial Remarks:
In the second half of the 1940s, Bourgeois spent time at Atelier 17, the print workshop of Stanley William Hayter. The workshop had transferred operations from Paris to New York during the war years. It is not known precisely which prints she made at the workshop since she also worked at home on a small press. The designation of “the artist at Atelier 17” as printer means that the impression was likely made at the workshop. The designation is based on dates, inscriptions, techniques favored at Atelier 17, and/or stylistic similarities to images in the illustrated book “He Disappeared into Complete Silence,” which the artist repeatedly cited as having been made at Atelier 17. It is also possible that Bourgeois worked on certain plates both at home and at the workshop, or pulled impressions at both places.
Former Cat. No.:
W & S 55
Descriptive Title:
English translation: "Delicate Hanging"
Description:
Soft ground etching and engraving, with pencil and black ink additions
Inscription:
"ètat 2" lower right margin, pencil, artist's hand. Verso: "les pendus / fragiles / 3 x 7" center sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
State Changes and Additions:
Changes from state I, in engraving: hanging forms further delineated; uppermost ground line reinforced.
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
151.1990.2
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Pendus Fragile

c. 1948

States
Pendus Fragile
Pendus Fragile

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