Cat. No. 587/XX
The Happy House, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
- State/Variant:
- State XX of XX
- Date:
- 2003
- Portfolio:
- La Réparation
- Alternate Title:
- Landscape
- Themes
- Architecture
- Techniques
- Aquatint, Drypoint, Engraving
- Support:
- Slightly textured, wove, Hahnemühle paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 8 1/2 x 11" (21.6 x 27.9 cm); sheet: 15 x 17" (38.1 x 43.2 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois 2003" lower right margin, pencil.
- Publisher
- Harlan & Weaver
- Edition:
- 35; plus 7 A.P., 5 P.P., 2 H.C., 1 B.A.T.
- Impression:
- "a.p. 6/7" lower left margin, pencil, unknown hand.
- Curatorial Remarks:
- Although the verso of the source drawing is inscribed "Landscape" by the artist, the Louise Bourgeois Studio has designated the title of the drawing to the same as that of the print. The drawing was exhibited in "Louise Bourgeois Drawings and Sculpture" at Kunsthaus Bregenz in 2002. The accompanying catalogue lists the title as "Landscape."
- Descriptive Title:
- English translation: "The Reparation"
- Description:
- Drypoint, engraving, and aquatint
- State Changes and Additions:
- Matrices: The progression of this composition, as seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below, involved 2 plates in 3 different techniques.
Plate 1, in drypoint, engraving, and aquatint: house and sun.
Plate 2, in aquatint, drypoint, and engraving: shading in mounds, sun, and lowest horizontal band.
State Changes:
Plate 1 printed in black. Plate 2 printed in red.
Changes from state XIX, by burnishing, in plate 2: some aquatint removed.
Changes from state XIX, in engraving, in plate 2: hatch marks added to mounds; lowest horizontal band and sun filled in. - Installation Remarks:
- The prints in this portfolio can be shown as a group or individually. There is no required sequence.
- Other Remarks:
- Although it appears possible that the artist used a new plate for state VII, Carol Weaver of Harlan & Weaver, New York, remembers Bourgeois extensively working the same plate and continuing to use it. A new plate was not introduced until state XVI.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 543.2005.7
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Tate Modern, London (state XX)
State XX of XX
2003
The Happy House , plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
2001-2003
Source
2001
The Happy House
2001
The Happy House
2001
Medium: Ink on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 8 1/2 × 11" (21.6 × 27.9 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
State I of XX
2001
<i>The Happy House</i>, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2001
State II of XX
2001
<i>The Happy House</i>, plate 7 of 7, state II of XX, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2001
State III of XX
2001
<i>The Happy House</i>, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2001
State IV of XX
2001
<i>The Happy House</i>, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2001
State V of XX
2001
<i>The Happy House</i>, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2001
State VI of XX, variant
2001
<i>The Happy House</i>, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2001
State VI of XX, variant
2002
<i>The Happy House</i>, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2002
State VII of XX, variant
2002
<i>The Happy House</i>, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2002
State VII of XX, variant
2002
<i>The Happy House</i>, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2002
State VII of XX, variant
2002
<i>The Happy House</i>, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2002
State VIII of XX
2002
<i>The Happy House</i>, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2002
State IX of XX
2002
<i>The Happy House</i>, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2002
State X of XX
2002
<i>The Happy House</i>, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2002
State XI of XX
2002-2003
<i>The Happy House</i>, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2002-2003
State XII of XX
2002-2003
<i>The Happy House</i>, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2002-2003
State XIII of XX
2002-2003
<i>The Happy House</i>, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2002-2003
State XIV of XX
2002-2003
<i>The Happy House</i>, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2002-2003
State XV of XX
2003
<i>The Happy House</i>, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2003
State XVI of XX
2003
<i>The Happy House</i>, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2003
State XVII of XX
2003
<i>The Happy House</i>, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2003
State XVIII of XX
2003
<i>The Happy House</i>, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2003
State XIX of XX
2003
<i>The Happy House</i>, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2003
State XX of XX
2003
<i>The Happy House</i>, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2003
Portfolio
2003
La Réparation
2003
<i>La Réparation</i>
2003
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