La Petite Pousse I

Cat. No. 1007

La Petite Pousse I

State/Variant:
Only state
Date:
2005
Themes
Body Parts, Music, Nature
Techniques
Aquatint
Support:
Music paper (staves drawn in pencil), mounted on paper
Dimensions:
plate: 14 7/8 × 10 7/8" (37.8 × 27.7 cm); sheet: 19 1/2 × 14 1/2" (49.5 × 36.8 cm)
Signature:
"Louise Bourgeois" lower right margin, pencil.
Publisher
Osiris
Printer
Wingate Studio
Edition:
9
Edition Information:
The color of the ink and the hand additions on this composition vary across the edition. For comparison, see other impressions in the Evolving Composition Diagram below.

In this edition, Bourgeois and the publisher designated each impression as a "study." However, throughout the catalogue, the term "study" describes photocopies and tracings that were used in the process of developing a composition.
Impression:
Verso: "Study 4/9"
Curatorial Remarks:
The color of the hand additions, verso inscription, and paper type could not be fully documented because this work is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person. The plate dimensions are from the impression in MoMA's Collection. The sheet dimensions were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.
Descriptive Title:
English translation: "The Little Shoot"
Description:
Aquatint, with ink, watercolor, and colored pencil additions
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

La Petite Pousse I

2005

States
La Petite Pousse I
La Petite Pousse I
La Petite Pousse I
La Petite Pousse I
La Petite Pousse I
La Petite Pousse I
La Petite Pousse I
La Petite Pousse I
La Petite Pousse I

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Untitled, plate 4 of 10, from the portfolio, Homely Girl, A Life
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Untitled (Branch with Fourteen Leaves), in Les Arbres (2), from the editioned series of portfolios, Les Arbres (1-6)

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