Cat. No. 1058, variant
Meteorology
- State/Variant:
- Only state, variant
- Date:
- 1989
- Themes
- Abstraction, Nature
- Techniques
- Drypoint
- Support:
- Smooth, wove BFK Rives paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 6 15/16 x 4 15/16" (17.7 x 12.5 cm); sheet: 19 7/16 x 14 1/8" (49.4 x 35.8 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Publisher
- unpublished
- Printer
- Harlan & Weaver
- Edition:
- 4 known impressions of the only state
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition.
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Background:
- In the late 1980s, when publisher Peter Blum began the portfolio project "Anatomy" with Bourgeois, he sought the assistance of printer Judith Solodkin, of SOLO Impression, a longtime friend of the artist. Solodkin suggested Harlan & Weaver as intaglio printers and she served as supervisor for this project and a number of individual prints at that time, among these, Untitled, "To Hide," "Ambition," and "Shooting Stars," all seen below in Related Works in the Catalogue.
- Curatorial Remarks:
- This impression was heavily inked and wiped to emphasize the burr.
- Former Cat. No.:
- W & S 95
- Description:
- Drypoint
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 538.1993
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Related Works in the Catalogue
Related Works in Other Mediums
Not in MoMA's Collection
Untitled
1951
Not in MoMA's Collection
Untitled
1951
Medium: Ink on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 19 1/2 × 12 1/2" (49.5 × 31.8 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY