It Breaks If They Are Separated

Cat. No. 619/III

It Breaks If They Are Separated

State/Variant:
State III of IV
Date:
2002
Themes
Abstraction
Techniques
Drypoint
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 9 15/16 x 11 7/8" (25.2 x 30.2 cm); sheet: 11 1/8 x 14 1/8" (28.2 x 35.8 cm)
Signature:
"LB" right lower margin, pencil.
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Harlan & Weaver
Edition:
1 known impression of state III
Edition Information:
Not issued as a published edition at any state.

Matrices:
The progression of this composition, as seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below, involved 2 plates.

Plate 1: left circle, and outline of right side of horizontal band.

Plate 2: right circle, and outline of left and right sides of horizontal band.
Impression:
Not numbered
Descriptive Title:
Two Entwined Circles
Description:
Drypoint, with red ink, red and blue crayon, and pencil additions
State Changes and Additions:
Plate 1 printed in black. Plate 2 printed in red.

Changes from state II, in drypoint, in plate 2: right circle shaded in.
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
1729.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

It Breaks If They Are Separated

2002

Source

1998

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