Cocoon, plate 6 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation

Cat. No. 586, variant

Cocoon, plate 6 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation

State/Variant:
Only state, variant
Date:
2002
Themes
Animals & Insects, Nature, Spirals
Techniques
Drypoint
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 11 13/16 x 5 7/8" (30 x 15 cm); sheet: 15 15/16 x 10 1/16" (40.5 x 25.5 cm)
Signature:
"LB" right lower margin, red ink.
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Harlan & Weaver
Edition:
1 known variant impression of the only state, outside the edition
Edition Information:
Proof before the editioning of the only state.
Impression:
Not numbered
Descriptive Title:
English translation: "The Reparation"
Description:
Drypoint, with red ink additions
Artist’s Remarks:
"The skeins of wool are a friendly refuge, like a web or a cocoon. The caterpillar gets the silk from his mouth, builds his cocoon and when it is completed he dies. The cocoon has exhausted the animal. I am the cocoon. I have no ego. I am my work." (Quote cited in Meyer-Thoss, Christiane. "Louise Bourgeois: Designing for Freel Fall." Zurich: Ammann Verlag, 1992, p. 197.)
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
1498.2008
This Work in Other Collections:
Tate Modern, London
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Cocoon , plate 6 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation

2002-2003

Source

2002

Untitled
States
Cocoon, plate 6 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
Cocoon, plate 6 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation

Portfolio

2003

La Réparation

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