Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery

Cat. No. 925.1, variant

Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery

State/Variant:
Version 1 of 2, only state, variant
Date:
c. 1999
Themes
Abstraction, Nature, Words
Techniques
Engraving
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 8 15/16 x 11 15/16" (22.7 x 30.4 cm); sheet: 11 1/8 x 16 9/16" (28.2 x 42 cm)
Signature:
Not signed
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Harlan & Weaver
Edition:
2 known impressions of version 1, only state
Edition Information:
Proof before the editioning of version 2, state IX.
Impression:
Not numbered
Background:
Louise Bourgeois, her husband Robert Goldwater, and their son Michel Bourgeois are all buried in Cutchogue Cemetery, Cutchogue, New York. This composition was initially developed as a benefit for The Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery Association, but the benefit did not come to fruition.
Description:
Engraving, with red ink, pencil, charcoal, and white correction fluid additions
Inscription:
"THE FRIENDS OF CUTCHOGUE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION" upper center composition, pencil, unknown hand
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
1404.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery

c. 1999-2004

First Version
Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery
Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery
Studies
Untitled (Study for Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery)
Untitled (Study for Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery)
Second Version
Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery
Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery
Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery
Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery
Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery
Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery
Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery
Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery
Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery
Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery

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