The New York Sky

Cat. No. 1053, variant

The New York Sky

State/Variant:
Only state, variant
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 11/16 x 8 1/16" (29.7 x 20.4 cm)
Signature:
"L. Bourgeois" lower right margin, pencil.
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unpublished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, with red ink and pencil additions
Inscription:
"The new york sky" lower left margin, 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:
879.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

The New York Sky

1999

Source

1949

Untitled
Studies
Untitled (Study for The New York Sky)
Untitled (Study for The New York Sky)
States
The New York Sky
The New York Sky

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