La Peur de l'Eau

Cat. No. 1315

La Peur de l'Eau

State/Variant:
Only state
Date:
2006
Themes
Abstraction, Nature
Techniques
Etching
Support:
Paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 11 3/8 × 7" (28.9 × 17.8 cm)
Signature:
"LB" right lower margin, pencil. (Elements of letters reinforced.)
Publisher
Osiris
Printer
Wingate Studio
Edition:
1 known impression of the only state
Impression:
Not numbered
Curatorial Remarks:
The color of the 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.

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"
Descriptive Title:
English translation: "Fear of Water"
Description:
Soft ground etching, with watercolor, gouache, pencil, and colored pencil additions
Inscription:
"la peur de l'eau" lower left to lower middle margin, pencil, artist's hand.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

La Peur de l'Eau

2006

States
La Peur de l'Eau

Related Works in the Catalogue

For Stanley Hayter
For Stanley Hayter (#2)
Le Feu dans la Grille
Mouillés le Soir