La Petite Pousse III

Cat. No. 1008

La Petite Pousse III

State/Variant:
Only state
Date:
2005
Themes
Music, Nature
Techniques
Aquatint
Support:
Music paper (staves drawn in pencil), mounted on paper
Dimensions:
plate: 14 15/16 × 10 7/8" (37.9 × 27.7 cm); sheet: 19 1/2 × 14 1/8" (49.5 × 35.9 cm)
Signature:
"Louise Bourgeois" lower right margin, pencil.
Publisher
Osiris
Printer
Wingate Studio
Edition:
9 with hand additions; plus an edition of 25
Edition Information:
This composition was issued in 2 separate editions, "La Petite Pousse II" and "La Petite Pousse III."

About "La Petite Pousse II":
There are 25 impressions in this edition.

About "La Petite Pousse III":
There are 9 impressions in this edition, each with varying hand additions. 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.

One variant impression of this composition, seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below, was used in a series of folio sets titled, "Nothing to Remember."
Impression:
Verso: "Study 9/9"
Curatorial Remarks:
The 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 black ink and pencil additions
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

La Petite Pousse II and III

2004-2006

States
La Petite Pousse II
La Petite Pousse III
La Petite Pousse III
La Petite Pousse III
La Petite Pousse III
La Petite Pousse III
La Petite Pousse III
La Petite Pousse III
La Petite Pousse III
La Petite Pousse III
Untitled, no. 2, in Nothing to Remember (set 1), from the series of folio sets (1-6)

Series

2004-2006

Nothing to Remember (set 1), from the series of folio sets (1-6)

Related Works in the Catalogue

To the Voyeur
Untitled (Branch with Eight Leaves), in Les Arbres (2), from the editioned series of portfolios, Les Arbres (1-6)
Untitled (Holiday Laurel)
Untitled (Three Branches with Offshoots), in Les Arbres (6), from the editioned series of portfolios, Les Arbres (1-6)
Untitled (Five Branches), in Les Arbres (4), from the editioned series of portfolios, Les Arbres (1-6)
Untitled, plate 4 of 10, from the portfolio, Homely Girl, A Life
Les Fleurs
La Petite Pousse I
A Flower In the Forest, from the portfolio by various artists, The Geldzahler Portfolio
Untitled (Tall Branch with Five Leaves), in Les Arbres (5), from the editioned series of portfolios, Les Arbres (1-6)
Untitled (Branch with Fourteen Leaves), in Les Arbres (2), from the editioned series of portfolios, Les Arbres (1-6)

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