La Nausée, plate 1 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation

Cat. No. 581/I, variant 3

La Nausée, plate 1 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation

State/Variant:
State I of III, variant
Date:
2001

Alternate Title:
Self Portrait: La Nausée
Themes
Body Parts, Figures, Objects
Techniques
Drypoint
Support:
Paper
Dimensions:
plate: 9 15/16 × 7 15/16" (25.3 × 20.2 cm); sheet: 13 1/4 × 10 3/4" (33.7 × 27.3 cm)
Signature:
"LB" lower right margin, red ink; "LB" right lower margin, red ink.
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Harlan & Weaver
Edition:
3 known variant impressions of state I
Edition Information:
Proof before the editioning of state III.
Impression:
Not numbered
Curatorial Remarks:
The paper type could not be documented because this work is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person. The plate dimensions are from an impression in MoMA's Collection. The sheet dimensions were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.
Descriptive Title:
English translation: "The Nausea"; "The Reparation"
Description:
Drypoint, with red ink additions
Artist’s Remarks:
Inscribed on the verso of the source drawing: "little boy blue, come and blow your / horn / come and the meadow / the cat is the meadow / the cow in the corn / Punch and Judy Dennis Adrian / Lou Pollack / Punch and Rhun a l'eglise / La retour d'age (fauve) menopause. / I took to it as a duck to water / je baille aux corneilles / Brigitte / grackles / Les animaux buichat / Aldo Rossi architect / What is the shape of the problem, question / of this melodie. / It had such a hold and such a beauty that I never / wanted to be separated again. Hold my bones / together (Larry / Rinder book) / a and b also Bob Spring / foundry." across sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
Other Remarks:
According to Jerry Gorovoy, the artist's assistant, this composition refers to sensation of being sea sick.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

La Nausée , plate 1 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation

2001-2003

Source

2001

Self Portrait: La Nausée
States
La Nausée, plate 1 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
La Nausée, plate 1 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
La Nausée, plate 1 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
La Nausée, plate 1 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
La Nausée, plate 1 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
La Nausée, plate 1 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation

Portfolio

2003

La Réparation

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