
Cat. No. 352/VII, variant 1
Untitled, plate 3 of 5, from the illustrated book, The Laws of Nature
- State/Variant:
- State VII 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 14.8 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 10" (38 x 25.4 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right margin, red ink.
- Publisher
- unpublished
- Printer
- Harlan & Weaver
- Edition:
- 2 known variant impressions of state VII
- 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 selective wiping, and red ink additions
- Inscription:
- Verso: "1 notre Pere qui etes aux cieux/ 2 Que votre nom soit sanctifie/ 3 Que votre volonte soit faite sur le terre comme au ceil/ 4 Donnez nous aujoudhui notre pain quotidien/ 5 Pardonnez nos peches comme nous pardonons a ceux qui nous offens/ 6 Preservez nous de la tentation/ 7 Delivrez nous du mal. aux sont il (?)/ Amen/ Ode a l'oubil" center sheet, pencil, artist's hand
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state VI in drypoint: female figure's necklace and shoes further delineated; male figure's Adam's apple delineated.
Additions in red ink: interior of female figure's hair filled in, anticipating burnishing in state VIII. - MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1034.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

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Untitled, plate 3 of 5, from the illustrated book, The Laws of Nature
2003-2006
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