Saturday Morning

Cat. No. 421.2/II

Saturday Morning

State/Variant:
Version 2 of 2, state II of II
Date:
2003-2009
Themes
Figures, Objects
Techniques
Drypoint
Support:
Smooth, wove handmade Gangolf paper
Dimensions:
plate: 5 1/2 x 9 15/16" (14 x 25.3 cm); sheet: 13 5/8 x 13 1/2" (34.6 x 34.3 cm)
Signature:
"Louise Bourgeois" lower right margin, pencil.
Publisher
Harlan & Weaver
Printer
Harlan & Weaver
Edition:
8; plus 2 A.P.
Edition Information:
The edition of 8 was printed on Shojoshi Japanese paper.
Impression:
"ap. 1/2" lower left margin, pencil, artist's hand.
Background:
According to the Louise Bourgeois Studio, this image is based on Bourgeois's observation of people lining up on Saturday morning to receive packages of food from the rectory of Saint Peter's Episcopal Church, located across the street from her home on West 20th Street. The artist also made a sculpture and a drypoint edition of the rectory building, both titled "The Rectory" and seen below as Related Works.
Description:
Drypoint
State Changes and Additions:
Changes from version 1: two rows of figures eliminated; one row of figures transferred to new plate, in drypoint.
Changes from version 1 state I, in drypoint: long hair and high-heeled shoe on female figure further delineated.
Artist’s Remarks:
Inscribed on the verso of the study: "les plus malheureux que toi" upper center sheet, pencil, artist's hand; "coude ou elbow / is moving." center sheet, pencil, artist's hand; "Crutches / bequilles [sic] / les boiteuses" lower right sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Saturday Morning

2001-2009

Source

2001

Untitled
Studies
Untitled (Study for Saturday Morning)
First Version
Saturday Morning
Saturday Morning
Saturday Morning
Second Version
Saturday Morning
Saturday Morning
Saturday Morning

Related Works in the Catalogue

The Rectory

Related Works in Other Mediums

The Rectory