Blue Confrontation (#1)

Cat. No. 1280

Blue Confrontation (#1)

State/Variant:
Only state
Date:
2006
Themes
Abstraction, Music
Techniques
Etching
Support:
Music paper; staves drawn in pencil
Dimensions:
sheet: 9 1/8 × 13" (23.2 × 33 cm)
Signature:
"LB"lower right margin, 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; the titles are in a numerical sequence. For comparison, see the other examples in the Evolving Composition Diagram below. It seems that the plate for this composition was also combined with a second, presently unidentified plate, to create "Red Confrontation (#3)" seen below in Related Works in the Catalogue.
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.
Description:
Etching, with watercolor and gouache additions
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Blue Confrontation (#1) , (#2) , (#3) , and (#4)

2006

States
Blue Confrontation (#1)
Blue Confrontation (#2)
Blue Confrontation (#3)
Blue Confrontation (#4)

Related Works in the Catalogue

Untitled, no. 8 of 12, from the series, Twelve Works on Paper
Germinal Bleu
Red Confrontation (#3)
Untitled, no. 13 of 42 in La Rivière Gentille (set 1), from the series of installation sets (1-3)
Red Confrontation (#1)
Red Confrontation (#2)
The Confrontation

Related Works in Other Mediums

Untitled
The Fingers
Untitled (recto)