Pousses de Plantes

Cat. No. 657

Pousses de Plantes

State/Variant:
Only state
Date:
c. 1948
Themes
Nature
Techniques
Engraving
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 6 3/4 x 4 15/16" (17.2 x 12.5 cm); sheet: 8 13/16 x 5 11/16" (22 x 14.5 cm)
Signature:
Not signed
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
The artist at Atelier 17
Edition:
1 known impression of the only state
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 60
Descriptive Title:
English translation: "Plant Sprouts"
Description:
Engraving
Inscription:
Verso: "pousses de plantes / 5 x 7 / 7 [circled]" center sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
157.1990
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Pousses de Plantes

c. 1948

States
Pousses de Plantes

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