Cat. No. 1322
Fountain (#1)
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 2008
- Themes
- Abstraction, Architecture
- Techniques
- Etching
- Support:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- sheet: 10 1/4 × 5" (26 × 12.7 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right comp., pencil.
- Publisher
- Osiris
- Printer
- Wingate Studio
- Edition:
- 4 known impressions of the only state
- Edition Information:
- The hand additions on this composition vary from impression to impression, as do the number of panels. For comparison, see other examples in the Evolving Composition Diagram below.
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Curatorial Remarks:
- The color of hand additions, plate size, and paper type could not be documented because this work is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person.
Bourgeois most likely titled and dated these works at different times.
The publisher Osiris groups this composition with 22 other compositions under the title "23 Small Works on Paper." Each of the works can be displayed individually. The full set is as follows:
"Le Feu dans la Grille"
"Les Inondations"
"Mouillés le Soir"
"La Peur de l'Eau"
"Le Soir"
"Les Tangos de l'Après Guerre"
"Tourbillon"
"Les Fleurs à Deauville"
"Le Jardin du Luxembourg"
"Memories Qui Renaissent"
"Rivière (#4)"
"Rue de Lille"
"Son Bruit Réverbéré Contre la Montagne"
"D'Eau"
"Fountain (#1)"
"Hommage à Miro"
"Je Cherche Après Titine"
"Les Meules"
"Les Mimosas d'Abord"
"Napoleon en Égypte"
"Rayons du Soleil"
"Rivière (#6)"
"Ton Coeur Ton Coeur" - Description:
- Etching, with watercolor, gouache, and ink additions
2008
Fountain
2006-2008
2006
<i>Fountain (#2)</i>
2006
2007
<i>Fountain (#3)</i>
2007
2008
<i>Fountain (#1)</i>
2008
2008
<i>Fountain (#4)</i>
2008
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2004
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2004
Reaching
1989
<i>Reaching</i>
1989
Untitled, no. 5 of 24, from the series, Lullaby
2006
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2006
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2002
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2002
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Dimensions: sheet: 7 x 8 1/4" (17.8 x 21 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled, no. 10 of 30, from the sketchbook, Memory Traces 2
2002
Untitled, no. 10 of 30, from the sketchbook, Memory Traces 2
2002
Medium: Ink on music paper
Dimensions: sheet: 7 x 8 1/4" (17.8 x 21 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Dagger Child
1947-1949
Dagger Child
1947-1949
Medium: Painted bronze, and stainless steel
Dimensions: overall: 75 5/8 x 12 x 12" (192.1 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled
1948
Untitled
1948
Medium: Ink and pencil on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 11 1/8 x 7 1/2" (28.3 x 19.1 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
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1968
Untitled
1968
Medium: White pastel on red paper
Dimensions: sheet: 19 5/8 x 25 1/2" (49.8 x 64.8 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Medical Plate
1997
Medical Plate
1997
Medium: Ink, color pencil, and pencil on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 11 x 7 1/2" (27.9 x 19.1 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY