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Cat. No. 287/I, variant 1

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State/Variant:
State I of IV, variant
Date:
2004
Themes
Body Parts, Nature
Techniques
Drypoint
Support:
Paper
Dimensions:
plate: 11 13/16 x 11 13/16" (30 x 30 cm); sheet: 14 7/8 x 14 7/8" (37.8 x 37.8 cm)
Signature:
"Louise Bourgeois" right lower margin, pencil
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Harlan & Weaver
Edition:
2 known variant impressions of state I
Edition Information:
Proof before the editioning of state IV.
Impression:
Not numbered
Background:
Bourgeois created this composition, editioned on fabric, as a holiday print for a selected, small group of friends. In the same year, 2004, she also created the untitled (Holiday Laurel) edition on paper as a holiday print for a larger group of friends.
Curatorial Remarks:
The plate dimensions of this impression could not be documented because this work is not in MoMA's collection and could not be examined in person. The plate dimensions given are from another impression.
Descriptive Title:
Hand Holding Tree
Description:
Drypoint, with blue ink additions
Inscription:
"To Ursula and André / 2004" left lower to lower middle margin, pencil, artist's hand.
State Changes and Additions:
Additions in blue ink: 3 leaves filled in, and trunk, branches, and hand shaded, anticipating state II.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

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Related Works in the Catalogue

Spring
Branches
Untitled (Wide Tree), from the editioned series of portfolios, Les Arbres (1-6)