Cat. No. 760/II, variant 2
Rain Falling on Water
- State/Variant:
- State II of XI, variant
- Date:
- 2002
- Themes
- Nature
- Techniques
- Drypoint, Engraving
- Support:
- Smooth wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 7 7/8 × 9 13/16" (20 × 25 cm); sheet: 10 7/16 x 12 11/16" (26.5 x 32.3 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Publisher
- unpublished
- Printer
- Harlan & Weaver
- Edition:
- 3 known impressions of state II
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition at any state.
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Description:
- Drypoint and engraving, with red ink and white correction fluid additions
- Inscription:
- Verso: "theodore Gericault" lower center sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
- 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 black.
Changes from state I, in drypoint: three additional rows of shorter arrows added behind existing rows; ripples delineated around two leftmost arrows and several arrows reinforced.
Changes from state I, in engraving: several arrows reinforced. - 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:
- 1646.2008
State II of XI, variant
2002
Rain Falling on Water
2002-2003
Source
2002
Il Pleut Sur La Route Comme Il Pleut Dans Mon Coueur
2002
Il Pleut Sur La Route Comme Il Pleut Dans Mon Coueur
2002
Medium: Ink, pencil and crayon on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 8 1/2 × 11" (21.6 × 27.9 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
State I of XI
2002
<i>Rain Falling on Water</i>
2002
State II of XI
2002
<i>Rain Falling on Water</i>
2002
State II of XI, variant
2002
<i>Rain Falling on Water</i>
2002
State II of XI, variant
2002
<i>Rain Falling on Water</i>
2002
State III of XI
2002
<i>Rain Falling on Water</i>
2002
State IV of XI
2002
<i>Rain Falling on Water</i>
2002
State V of XI
2002
<i>Rain Falling on Water</i>
2002
State VI of XI
2002
<i>Rain Falling on Water</i>
2002
State VII of XI
2002
<i>Rain Falling on Water</i>
2002
State VIII of XI
2003
<i>Rain Falling on Water</i>
2003
State IX of XI
2003
<i>Rain Falling on Water</i>
2003
State X of XI, variant
2003
<i>Rain Falling on Water</i>
2003
State X of XI, variant
2003
<i>Rain Falling on Water</i>
2003
State XI of XI, variant
2003
<i>Rain Falling on Water</i>
2003
State XI of XI
2003
<i>Rain Falling on Water</i>
2003
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