Cat. No. 1069/I
Le Mot Pitié M'a Apaisée
- State/Variant:
- State I of II
- Date:
- 2001
- Themes
- Words
- Techniques
- Drypoint
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 10 7/8 × 8 5/8" (27.7 × 21.9 cm); sheet: 14 x 10 1/2" (35.5 x 26.7 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" right lower margin, red ink.
- Publisher
- unpublished
- Printer
- Harlan & Weaver
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of state I
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition at any state.
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Descriptive Title:
- English translation: "The Word Pity Calmed Me"
- Description:
- Drypoint, with red ink additions
- Inscription:
- Verso: "2001" lower right sheet, red ink, artist's hand.
- Artist’s Remarks:
- Inscribed on the recto of a related drawing, "The Mot pitié m'a apaisée," 2002, red ink and pencil on paper: "Je ne lis pas, j'ecris dans mon lit, / Peut etre devrai je avoir peur mais j'ai pas peur / tort arrive a qui sait attendre son / patient [?], ne desespere pas. / flageolet flageoler / You are my sunshine / my little sunshine you shine away when the / skies are grey— / please don't take take my sunshine away—"
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1507.2008
State I of II
2001
Le Mot Pitié M'a Apaisée
2001
State I of II
2001
<i>Le Mot Pitié M'a Apaisée</i>
2001
State II of II
2001
<i>Le Mot Pitié M'a Apaisée</i>
2001
Related Works in the Catalogue
Be Calm, from the illustrated book, Recueil des Secrets de Louyse Bourgeois, deluxe edition
Only state
2005
<i>Be Calm</i>, from the illustrated book,<i> Recueil des Secrets de Louyse Bourgeois</i>, deluxe edition
2005
Le Mot Pitié M'a Apaisée
Only state, variant
2002
<i>Le Mot Pitié M'a Apaisée</i>
2002
Related Works in Other Mediums
The Mot Pitié M'a Apaisée
2002
The Mot Pitié M'a Apaisée
2002
Medium: Ink and pencil on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 9 1/8 x 8" (23.2 x 20.3 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled
2006
Untitled
2006
Medium: Fabric collage
Dimensions: sheet: 17 5/8 x 11 3/4" (44.8 x 29.8 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
La Pitié
2002
La Pitié
2002
Medium: Ink and pencil paper
Dimensions: sheet: 8 x 9 3/8" (20.3 x 23.8 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled
2002
Untitled
2002
Medium: Ink and pencil on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 11 1/2 x 9" (29.2 x 22.9 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled (recto)
2002
Untitled (recto)
2002
Medium: Ink and pencil on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 9 1/4 × 8" (23.5 × 20.3 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled
2002
Untitled
2002
Medium: Ink and pencil on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 11 × 8 1/2" (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY