Napoleon en Égypte

Cat. No. 1427

Napoleon en Égypte

State/Variant:
Only state
Date:
2008
Themes
Abstraction, Spirals
Techniques
Etching
Support:
Paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 7 3/8 × 9 7/8" (18.7 × 25.1 cm)
Signature:
"LB" right lower comp., pencil. (Elements of letters reinforced.)
Publisher
Osiris
Printer
Wingate Studio
Edition:
1 known impression of the only state
Edition Information:
"Napoleon en Égypte" was created by combining an untitled spiral plate from 2008, with a second plate with horizontal lines. The untitled spiral plate was issued separately and can be seen in Related Works in the Catalogue below. The plate with horizontal lines is only seen in this composition. No separate impressions of that plate are known.
Impression:
Not numbered
Curatorial Remarks:
The 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: "Napoleon in Egypt"
Description:
Etching, with watercolor, ink, and pencil additions
Inscription:
"NAPOLEON en Égypte" upper middle comp., pencil, artist's hand.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Napoleon en Égypte

2008

States
Napoleon en Égypte

Related Works in the Catalogue

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