Untitled

Cat. No. 14, variant 1

Untitled

State/Variant:
Only state, variant
Date:
c. 1989
Themes
Abstraction
Techniques
Aquatint
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 6 7/8 x 4 7/8" (17.4 x 12.4 cm); sheet: 15 3/4 x 11 7/16" (40 x 29 cm)
Signature:
Not signed
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Wingate Studio
Edition:
5 known variant impressions: 2 with aquatint background only, 3 with hand-drawn spider addition
Edition Information:
Not issued as a published edition.

The 2 impressions with aquatint background only, vary in ink color. This example is printed in black, the other example is printed in gray.
Impression:
Not numbered
Background:
To help Bourgeois prepare for what would be a major project entitled "The Puritan," the Director of Osiris Editions, Benjamin Shiff, provided her with test plates on which she made technical experiments. The entry for this work in Wye & Smith, under former catalogue number B2, documents four known impressions, with two in MoMA's Collection. An additional impression was located with the publisher, making five known impressions in all.

In 1994, the artist added a spider in ink over the compositions of three of the known impressions. Those three impressions were then titled "Spider."
Former Cat. No.:
W & S B2
Descriptive Title:
Diagonal Drips Across Plate
Description:
Aquatint
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
650.1993
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Spider

c. 1989-1994

States
Untitled
Untitled
Spider

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