Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery

Cat. No. 925.2/VIII

Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery

State/Variant:
Version 2 of 2, state VIII of IX
Date:
2003
Themes
Nature, Words
Techniques
Drypoint, Engraving
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 21 15/16 x 26" (55.7 x 66 cm); sheet: 28 9/16 x 32 1/8" (72.5 x 81.6 cm)
Signature:
Not signed
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Harlan & Weaver
Edition:
2 known impressions of version 2, state VIII
Edition Information:
Proof before the editioning of version 2, state IX.

The second known impression of version 2, state VIII is not illustrated, due to its similarity to the impression seen here. It includes the following inscription: "H.C. / hors / commence." The inscription does not indicate a conventional H.C. impression, which would be of the final state.
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, engraving, and aquatint
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, over plate 3, printed in blue.
Changes from version 2, state VII, in drypoint: road reinforced.
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
1571.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery

c. 1999-2004

First Version
Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery
Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery
Studies
Untitled (Study for Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery)
Untitled (Study for Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery)
Second Version
Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery
Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery
Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery
Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery
Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery
Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery
Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery
Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery
Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery
Friends of Cutchogue Cemetery

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