Cat. No. 581/II, variant 2
La Nausée, plate 1 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
- State/Variant:
- State II of III, variant
- Date:
- 2003
- 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: 17 1/4 × 15" (43.8 × 38.1 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois 2003" lower right margin, pencil.
- Publisher
- unpublished
- Printer
- Harlan & Weaver
- Edition:
- 2 known variant impressions of state II
- 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 selective wiping, and red ink additions
- Inscription:
- "to Susan and Rob Williams" lower middle margin, pencil, artist's hand.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state I, by burnishing: line in right foot removed.
Changes from state I, in drypoint: right foot reconfigured; face and hair altered. - 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.
State II of III, variant
2003
La Nausée , plate 1 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
2001-2003
Source
2001
Self Portrait: La Nausée
2001
Self Portrait: La Nausée
2001
Medium: Ink and pencil on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 9 1/4 x 8" (23.5 x 20.3 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
State I of III, variant
2001
<i>La Nausée</i>, plate 1 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2001
State I of III, variant
2001
<i>La Nausée</i>, plate 1 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2001
State I of III, variant
2001
<i>La Nausée</i>, plate 1 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2001
State II of III, variant
2001
<i>La Nausée</i>, plate 1 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2001
State II of III, variant
2003
<i>La Nausée</i>, plate 1 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2003
State III of III
2003
<i>La Nausée</i>, plate 1 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> La Réparation</i>
2003
Portfolio
2003
La Réparation
2003
<i>La Réparation</i>
2003
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