Cat. No. 1053
The New York Sky
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 1999
- Themes
- Abstraction, Architecture
- Techniques
- Engraving
- Support:
- Slightly textured, laid Losin paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 6 7/8 x 4 15/16" (17.5 x 12.5 cm); sheet: 11 15/16 x 8 1/4" (30.3 x 21 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Publisher
- unpublished
- Printer
- Harlan & Weaver
- Edition:
- 2 known impressions of the only state
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition.
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Background:
- The source drawing for this composition was reproduced on the announcement for the 1949 exhibition at Peridot Gallery titled "Louise Bourgeois, Recent Work 1947-1949: Seventeen Standing Figures in Wood." (The Easton Foundation: LBE-0026, 1949)
- Descriptive Title:
- Building with Floating Forms Overhead
- Description:
- Engraving
- Inscription:
- "Prague 1709" lower left margin, pencil, artist's hand. Verso: "check paper / Felix / it is not [underlined] in moma debby / book / where is the plate -" center sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
- Artist’s Remarks:
- Inscribed on the verso of the photocopy study: "L'oeuf qui s'envole parce que le poussin / est claustrophobique-- / see Paulo text"
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 878.2008
Only state
1999
The New York Sky
1999
Source
1949
Untitled
1949
Untitled
1949
Medium: Ink on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 11 × 8 1/2" (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Study
1999
Untitled (Study for <i>The New York Sky</i>)
1999
1999
Untitled (Study for <i>The New York Sky</i>)
1999
Only state
1999
<i>The New York Sky</i>
1999
Only state, variant
1999
<i>The New York Sky</i>
1999
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<i>The Sky's the Limit</i>
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L'Allée Montante
State V of V
c. 1947
<i>L'Allée Montante</i>
c. 1947
Sacs Ouvert
State II of II
1946
<i>Sacs Ouvert</i>
1946
Related Works in Other Mediums
Untitled
1954
Untitled
1954
Medium: Ink on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 12 1/2 x 6 3/4" (31.8 x 17.1 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled
1948
Untitled
1948
Medium: Ink on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 7 5/8 × 5" (19.4 × 12.7 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled
1946
Untitled
1946
Medium: Pencil on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 12 3/4 × 9 3/4" (32.4 × 24.8 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY