The Happy House, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation

Cat. No. 587/XVIII

The Happy House, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation

State/Variant:
State XVIII of XX
Date:
2003
Alternate Title:
Landscape
Themes
Architecture
Techniques
Drypoint, Engraving
Support:
Slightly textured, wove Somerset paper
Dimensions:
plate: 8 7/16 × 10 7/8" (21.5 × 27.7 cm); sheet: 13 × 14 13/16" (33 × 37.7 cm)
Signature:
Not signed
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Harlan & Weaver
Edition:
1 known impression of state XVIII
Edition Information:
Proof before the editioning of state XX.
Impression:
Not numbered
Curatorial Remarks:
Although the verso of the source drawing is inscribed "Landscape" by the artist, the Louise Bourgeois Studio has designated the title of the drawing to the same as that of the print. The drawing was exhibited in "Louise Bourgeois Drawings and Sculpture" at Kunsthaus Bregenz in 2002. The accompanying catalogue lists the title as "Landscape."
Descriptive Title:
English translation: "The Reparation"
Description:
Drypoint and engraving
State Changes and Additions:
Matrices: The progression of this composition, as seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below, involved 2 plates in 3 different techniques.

Plate 1, in drypoint, engraving, and aquatint: house and sun.

Plate 2, in aquatint, drypoint, and engraving: shading in mounds, sun, and lowest horizontal band.

State Changes:
Plate 1 printed in black.
Changes from state XVII: plate 2 removed.
Changes from state XVII, in engraving: sun and circle in center of house reinforced.
Other Remarks:
Although it appears possible that the artist used a new plate for state VII, Carol Weaver of Harlan & Weaver, New York, remembers Bourgeois extensively working the same plate and continuing to use it. A new plate was not introduced until state XVI.
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
1461.2012
This Work in Other Collections:
Tate Modern, London (state XX)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

The Happy House , plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation

2001-2003

Source

2001

The Happy House
States
The Happy House, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
The Happy House, plate 7 of 7, state II of XX, from the portfolio, La Réparation
The Happy House, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
The Happy House, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
The Happy House, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
The Happy House, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
The Happy House, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
The Happy House, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
The Happy House, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
The Happy House, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
The Happy House, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
The Happy House, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
The Happy House, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
The Happy House, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
The Happy House, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
The Happy House, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
The Happy House, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
The Happy House, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
The Happy House, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
The Happy House, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
The Happy House, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
The Happy House, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
The Happy House, plate 7 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation

Portfolio

2003

La Réparation

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