Merci Crime

Cat. No. 609.2, variant

Merci Crime

State/Variant:
Version 2 of 2, only state, variant
Date:
1997
Themes
Words
Techniques
Aquatint
Support:
Paper
Dimensions:
plate: 19 7/8 × 15 7/8" (50.5 × 40.3 cm); sheet: 24 × 20" (61 × 50.8 cm)
Signature:
"LB" lower right margin, pencil.
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Harlan & Weaver
Edition:
2 known impressions of version 2
Edition Information:
Not issued as a published edition at any state.
Impression:
Not numbered
Curatorial Remarks:
The type of paper could not be documented because this impression is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person. The plate dimensions are from the impression of version 2 in MoMA’s Collection. The sheet dimensions were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.
Description:
Aquatint, with white correction fluid additions
State Changes and Additions:
Changes from version 1: composition transferred to a new matrix, in aquatint.
Artist’s Remarks:
Inscribed on the verso of the source painting: "Pour / Hubbeltje-bubbeltje"
Other Remarks:
According to Felix Harlan of Harlan & Weaver, this composition was created using an experimental combination of printmaking techniques. First, the source painting was photographed and transferred to a silkscreen. Second, the image was silkscreened onto a copper plate using a sugar lift solution. Then the plate was processed as a traditional sugar lift aquatint.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Merci Crime

1994

Source

1994

Merci Crime
First version
Merci Crime
Merci Crime
Second version
Merci Crime
Merci Crime

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