Cat. No. 581-587
La Réparation
- Date:
- 2003
- Themes
- Animals & Insects, Architecture, Body Parts, Figures, Motherhood & Family, Nature, Objects, Spirals, Words
- Techniques
- Aquatint, Drypoint, Engraving
- Support:
- Slightly textured, wove, Hahnemühle paper
- Dimensions:
- sheet (each): 17 x 15" (43.2 x 38.1 cm). Plate sizes vary throughout the portfolio. See individual plates.
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois 2003" lower right margin, pencil, each sheet.
- Publisher
- Harlan & Weaver
- Printer
- Harlan & Weaver
- Printer of Text
- The Grenfell Press
- Edition:
- 35; plus 7 A.P., 5 P.P., 2 H.C., 1 B.A.T.
- Impression:
- "a.p. 6/7" lower center margin colophon, pencil, unknown hand.
"a.p. 6/7" lower left margin each sheet, pencil, unknown hand. - Descriptive Title:
- English translation: "The Reparation"
- Description:
- Portfolio with 7 compositions: all drypoints, 1 with engraving and selective wiping, 1 with engraving, 1 with engraving, aquatint, and selective wiping, 1 with engraving and aquatint
- Housing:
- Publisher's clamshell box: Gray linen, made by Portfoliobox, Inc., of Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
- Installation Remarks:
- The prints in this portfolio can be shown as a group or individually. There is no required sequence.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 543.2005.1-7
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Tate Modern, London
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
From the portfolio
Not in MoMA's Collection
La Nausée, plate 1 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
2003
Not in MoMA's Collection
<i>La Nausée</i>, plate 1 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2003
Not in MoMA's Collection
Spiral Woman, plate 2 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
2003
Not in MoMA's Collection
<i>Spiral Woman</i>, plate 2 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2003
Not in MoMA's Collection
La Réparation, plate 3 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
2003
Not in MoMA's Collection
<i>La Réparation</i>, plate 3 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2003
Not in MoMA's Collection
M Is for Mother, plate 4 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
2003
Not in MoMA's Collection
<i>M Is for Mother</i>, plate 4 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2003
Not in MoMA's Collection
The Couple, plate 5 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
2003
Not in MoMA's Collection
<i>The Couple</i>, plate 5 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2003
Not in MoMA's Collection
Cocoon, plate 6 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
2003
Not in MoMA's Collection
<i>Cocoon</i>, plate 6 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2003
Not in MoMA's Collection
The Happy House, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
2003
Not in MoMA's Collection
<i>The Happy House</i>, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2003
Related Works in Other Mediums
Not in MoMA's Collection
Reparation
1945
Not in MoMA's Collection
Reparation
1945
Medium: Oil on linen
Dimensions: linen: 30 × 20" (76.2 × 50.8 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY