
Cat. No. 353/IV, variant 1
Untitled, plate 4 of 5, from the illustrated book, The Laws of Nature
- State/Variant:
- State IV of VII, variant
- Date:
- 2001
- Themes
- Figures
- Techniques
- Drypoint
- Support:
- Smooth wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 4 3/4 x 5 13/16" (12 x 14.7 cm); sheet: 9 x 9 13/16" (22.8 x 25 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right margin, black ink.
- Publisher
- unpublished
- Printer
- Harlan & Weaver
- Edition:
- 3 known variant impressions of state IV
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editionig of state VI on paper and of state VII 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 black ink additions
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state III in drypoint: female figure's second foot and shoe delineated; her hair further delineated; male figure's penis further delineated; male and female figures' heads and faces burnished away and reconfigured.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1041.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

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2001
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Untitled, plate 4 of 5, from the illustrated book, The Laws of Nature
2003-2006
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