La Danse

Cat. No. 1104

La Danse

State/Variant:
Only state
Date:
2009
Themes
Abstraction
Techniques
Aquatint
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 31 11/16 x 34 5/8" (80.5 x 88 cm); sheet: 33 15/16 x 38 9/16" (86.2 x 98 cm)
Signature:
"Louise / Bourgeois" lower right composition, pencil.
Publisher
Osiris
Printer
Wingate Studio
Edition:
9; plus 1 T.P.
Edition Information:
Each impression in the edition of 9 is designated by artist as a “study.” Three of 9 studies are illustrated in the Evolving Composition Diagram. (Usually in this catalogue, the term “study” describes photocopies and tracings that were used in the process of developing a composition.)

All impressions in the edition include hand additions, with the exception of 1/9, which does not. The hand additions in the impressions not illustrated are primarily pencil additions, and most closely resemble those in impression 6/9 (see Evolving Composition Diagram).

This plate was also used in an additional composition, a unique variant in the series, "Le Matin Rouge," seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram.

There are 2 known cancellation proofs.
Impression:
"2/9" lower left composition, pencil, artist's hand.
Descriptive Title:
English translation: "Dance"
Description:
Aquatint, with pink watercolor, pencil, and white gouache additions
Inscription:
"petite maman" left center to lower composition [vertical], pencil, artist's hand.
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
572.2013
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

La Danse ; No. 2 of 5, from the series, Le Matin Rouge

2009

States
La Danse
La Danse
La Danse
Unique Variants
Untitled, no. 2 of 5, from the series, Le Matin Rouge

Series

2009

Le Matin Rouge

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The Chain of Events
Turning Inwards

Related Works in Other Mediums

Untitled
La Danse des 3 Fils avec leur Père Robert
The Dance of the Spiders