Rain Falling on Water

Cat. No. 760/VI

Rain Falling on Water

State/Variant:
State VI of XI
Date:
2002

Themes
Nature
Techniques
Drypoint, Engraving
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 7 7/8 × 9 13/16" (20 × 25 cm); sheet: 10 11/16 x 12 5/16" (27.2 x 31.2 cm)
Signature:
"LB" right lower margin, black ink.
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Harlan & Weaver
Edition:
1 known impression of state VI
Edition Information:
Not issued as a published edition at any state.
Impression:
Not numbered
Description:
Drypoint and engraving, with black ink additions
State Changes and Additions:
Matrices:
The progression of this composition, as seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below, involved 2 matrices.

Plate 1: arrows, moon in upper right composition, and horizon line; printed in red or black.
Plate 2: slightly thicker arrows overlaying original arrows in plate 1; printed in black.

State Changes:
Plate 1, printed in red.
Changes from state V, in engraving: stems of selected shorter arrows extended.
Artist’s Remarks:
Inscribed on the verso of the source drawing: "il pleut sur la route comme il pleut dans mon coeur. Charles Baudelaire."

In fact, the poem referenced was authored by Paul Verlaine (1844–1896), not Charles Baudelaire.
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
1649.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Rain Falling on Water

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Source

2002

Il Pleut Sur La Route Comme Il Pleut Dans Mon Coueur
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