Cat. No. 672/I
Rayons de Soleil Sur la Mer
- State/Variant:
- State I of III
- Date:
- c. 1948
- Alternate Title:
- Seascape
- Themes
- Nature
- Techniques
- Drypoint, Engraving
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 4 15/16 x 6 3/4" (12.6 x 17.2 cm); sheet: 5 1/8 x 11 7/16" (13 x 29 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower left margin, pencil.
- Publisher
- unpublished
- Printer
- The artist at Atelier 17
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of state I
- 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 63
- Descriptive Title:
- English translation: "Sunshine on the Sea"
- Description:
- Engraving and drypoint, with pencil additions
- Inscription:
- "I" right lower margin, pencil, artist's hand.
- Artist’s Remarks:
- This is "an ascension.... The metaphors in nature are very strong... nature is a mode of communication." (Quote cited in Wye, Deborah and Carol Smith. "The Prints of Louise Bourgeois." New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1994, p. 132.)
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 158.1990.1
State I of III
c. 1948
Rayons de Soleil Sur la Mer
c. 1948
State I of III
c. 1948
<i>Rayons de Soleil Sur la Mer</i>
c. 1948
State II of III
c. 1948
<i>Rayons de Soleil Sur la Mer</i>
c. 1948
State III of III
c. 1948
<i>Rayons de Soleil Sur la Mer</i>
c. 1948
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1947
<i>Le Soleil</i>
1947
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2009
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2009
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1989
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1989
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Related Works in Other Mediums
Untitled
1949
Untitled
1949
Medium: Ink on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 10 7/8 x 7 7/8" (27.6 x 20 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
The Wave
1945
The Wave
1945
Medium: Ink on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 8 3/8 x 10 7/8" (21.3 x 27.6 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Lighthouse
1947
Lighthouse
1947
Medium: Pencil on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 11 x 8 1/2" (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled
1947
Untitled
1947
Medium: Charcoal on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 9 1/2 x 6 1/8" (24.1 x 15.6 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Soleil sur la Mer
2001
Soleil sur la Mer
2001
Medium: Ink, pencil, and correction fluid on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 8 1/2 × 11" (21.6 × 27.9 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled (Double-Sided)
1945
Untitled (Double-Sided)
1945
Medium: Ink on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 8 3/8 × 10 7/8" (21.3 × 27.6 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY