Rain Falling on Water

Cat. No. 760/II, variant 1

Rain Falling on Water

State/Variant:
State II of XI, variant
Date:
2002

Themes
Nature
Techniques
Drypoint, Engraving
Support:
Smooth, wover paper
Dimensions:
plate: 7 7/8 × 9 13/16" (20 × 25 cm); sheet: 10 7/16 × 13 1/8" (26.5 × 33.3 cm)
Signature:
Not signed
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Harlan & Weaver
Edition:
3 known impressions of state II
Edition Information:
Not issued as a published edition at any state.
Impression:
Not numbered
Description:
Drypoint and engraving, with black and red ink, pencil, and white correction fluid additions
Inscription:
Verso: "il pleut dans mon couer / comme il pleut sur la route / Charles Baudelaire." center sheet, red ink, artist's hand; "Il pleure dans mon cour coue [crossed out] / comme il pleut sur la ville / Paul Verlauie" lower center sheet, red ink, unknown hand; "There is weeping in my heart / like the rain falling on the town." lower center sheet, pencil, unknown hand.
State Changes and Additions:
Matrices:
The progression of this composition, as seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below, involved 2 matrices.

Plate 1: arrows, moon in upper right composition, and horizon line; printed in red or black.
Plate 2: slightly thicker arrows overlaying original arrows in plate 1; printed in black.

State Changes:
Plate 1, printed in black.
Changes from state I, in drypoint: three additional rows of shorter arrows added behind existing rows; ripples delineated around two leftmost arrows and several arrows reinforced.
Changes from state I, in engraving: several arrows reinforced.
Artist’s Remarks:
Inscribed on the verso of the source drawing: "il pleut sur la route comme il pleut dans mon coeur. Charles Baudelaire."

In fact, the poem referenced was authored by Paul Verlaine (1844–1896), not Charles Baudelaire.
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
1475.2012
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Rain Falling on Water

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Source

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Il Pleut Sur La Route Comme Il Pleut Dans Mon Coueur
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