
Cat. No. 351/II, variant 3
Untitled, plate 2 of 5, from the illustrated book, The Laws of Nature
- State/Variant:
- State II of X, variant
- Date:
- 2000-2001
- Themes
- Figures
- Techniques
- Drypoint
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 4 3/4 x 5 13/16" (12 x 14.7 cm); sheet: 15 7/16 x 9 9/16" (39.2 x 24.3 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right margin, red ink. "LB" right lower margin, red ink.
- Publisher
- unpublished
- Printer
- Harlan & Weaver
- Edition:
- 3 known variant impressions of state II
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state IX on paper and of state X on fabric.
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Background:
- The artist told printer Felix Harlan that the figures in this series are playing an adult version of a French children's game, known as "faire des galipettes," meaning to do somersaults. In fact, the expression "faire des galipettes" is also slang for having sex, a punning reference that Bourgeois must have enjoyed.
- Description:
- Drypoint, with red ink and blue watercolor additions
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state I in drypoint: groundline and female figure's hair, features, and necklace, delineated; male figure's features and hair delineated; female figure's right hand delineated, and male figure's left hand, further delineated.
Additions in red ink: male figure's hair further delineated and his Adam's apple delineated, anticipating state V; female figure's hair further delineated, anticipating state III; her shoes further delineated, anticipating state VI; her hair further delineated, anticipating state III; her shoes further delineated, anticipating state VI; her necklace re-configured, anticpating state V. - MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1022.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

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Untitled, plate 2 of 5, from the illustrated book, The Laws of Nature
2003-2006
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