Cat. No. 925.2/III, variant 2
Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery
- State/Variant:
- Version 2 of 2, state III of IX, variant
- Date:
- 2002
- Themes
- Nature, Words
- Techniques
- Drypoint, Engraving
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 21 15/16 x 26" (55.7 x 66 cm); sheet: 26 15/16 x 30 1/8" (68.5 x 76.5 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Publisher
- unpublished
- Printer
- Harlan & Weaver
- Edition:
- 2 known impressions of version 2, state III
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of version 2, state IX.
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Background:
- Louise Bourgeois, her husband Robert Goldwater, and their son Michel Bourgeois are all buried in Cutchogue Cemetery, Cutchogue, New York. This composition was initially developed as a benefit for The Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery Association, but the benefit did not come to fruition.
- Description:
- Drypoint and engraving, with black ink, red, black and blue watercolor, and red gouache additions
- State Changes and Additions:
- Matrices:
The progression of this version 2, as seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below, involved 3 plates.
Plate 1: overall composition, printed in black.
Plate 2: hatching in trees, printed in red.
Plate 3: shading along left, upper, and right contours of plate, printed in blue.
State Changes:
Plate 2, printed in red, over plate 1, printed in black.
Changes from version 2, state II, in drypoint: several letters reworked.
Changes from version 2, state II, in engraving: hatching in trees added.
Changes from version 2, state II, by burnishing: distress marks and pathway removed; several semi-burnished lines within trees further removed.
Additions in black ink: contours of trees and road reinforced. - MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1566.2008
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Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery
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<i>Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery</i>
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2003
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1998-2002
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Medium: Pencil and ink on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 12 x 9" (30.5 x 22.9 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY