Untitled (Holiday Laurel)

Cat. No. 126/V

Untitled (Holiday Laurel)

State/Variant:
State V of V
Date:
2004
Themes
Nature
Techniques
Drypoint
Support:
Slightly textured, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 10 1/16 x 7 1/2" (25.5 x 19 cm); sheet: 16 x 12 1/2" (40.6 x 31.8 cm)
Signature:
"Louise Bourgeois 2004" lower right margin, pencil.
Publisher
Louise Bourgeois
Printer
Harlan & Weaver
Edition:
100; plus 20 A.P., 10 P.P., 4 H.C., 1 B.A.T.
Impression:
"HC 1/4" lower left margin, pencil, artist's hand.
Background:
Bourgeois created this composition, printed on paper, as a 2004 holiday gift for a circle of friends. In the same year, she created another composition on fabric, Untitled (Descriptive Title: Hand Holding Tree), for a selected, smaller group of friends.
Curatorial Remarks:
It should be noted that states II and III, and one variant of state IV, are printed on fabric but the edition was ultimately published on paper.
Description:
Drypoint, with selective wiping
State Changes and Additions:
Changes from state IV, in drypoint: scattered leaves on the plant at the left, shaded in, and alternating leaves on the plant at the right, further delineated.
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
1437.2007
This Work in Other Collections:
Tate Modern, London
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Untitled (Holiday Laurel)

2004

States
Untitled (Holiday Laurel)
Untitled (Holiday Laurel)
Untitled (Holiday Laurel)
Untitled (Holiday Laurel)
Untitled (Holiday Laurel)
Untitled (Holiday Laurel)

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