Map of Connecticut and Long Island

Cat. No. 840/II

Map of Connecticut and Long Island

State/Variant:
State II of V
Date:
2001
Themes
Nature
Techniques
Engraving, Etching
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 12 7/8 × 9 15/16" (32.7 × 25.3 cm); sheet: 15 7/16 x 10 1/16" (39.2 x 25.5 cm)
Signature:
Not signed
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Harlan & Weaver
Edition:
1 known impression of state II
Edition Information:
Not issued as a published edition at any state.
Impression:
Not numbered
Background:
According to Felix Harlan, of Harlan & Weaver, New York, Bourgeois's map compositions stem from her desire to sort through memories and associations with different places. The artist used preexisting maps as references for her own abstracted compositions, excluding the information essential to map reading. In this way, the maps served more as personal documents for the artist, rather than as references or guides.

In 1941, Bourgeois and her family purchased a small country house in Easton, Connecticut, which remains in the family. Its location is encircled several times in the center right of this composition.
Description:
Etching and engraving, with pencil and puncture hole additions
State Changes and Additions:
Changes from state I, by burnishing: overall composition somewhat lightened.
Changes from state I, in engraving: long river in left composition further delineated; shorelines reinforced.
Additions by puncture: hole added indicating Easton, Connecticut.
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
1079.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Map of Connecticut and Long Island

2001

States
Map of Connecticut and Long Island
Map of Connecticut and Long Island
Map of Connecticut and Long Island
Map of Connecticut and Long Island
Map of Connecticut and Long Island
Map of Connecticut and Long Island

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