Cat. No. 1241
Hommage à Miro (#5)
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 2008
- Themes
- Abstraction
- Techniques
- Etching
- Support:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- sheet: 13 3/8 × 6 5/8" (34 × 16.8 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" right lower margin, pencil.
- Publisher
- Osiris
- Printer
- Wingate Studio
- Edition:
- 3 known impressions of the only state
- Edition Information:
- The hand additions on this composition vary from impression to impression; the titles vary by number. For comparison, see the other examples in the Evolving Composition Diagram below.
The plate for this composition was also used in combination with the plate for "Hommage à Miro (#4)" to create "Hommage à Miro (#3)" and "Hommage à Miro (#5)" (a second composition with this title); see all three in Related Works in the Catalogue below. - Impression:
- Not numbered
- Background:
- Bourgeois befriended artist Joan Miró in 1947 through her participation at Atelier 17, the communal print workshop founded by Stanley William Hayter, and transferred from Paris to New York during the war years.
- 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: "Homage to Miro"
- Description:
- Etching, with watercolor, gouache, and colored pencil additions
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Open to compare works
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Only state
2008
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Hommage à Miro (#1) , (#2) , and (#5)
2008
States
Published
Not in MoMA's Collection
Only state
2008
Not in MoMA's Collection
<i>Hommage à Miro (#1)</i>
2008
Published
Not in MoMA's Collection
Only state
2008
Not in MoMA's Collection
<i>Hommage à Miro (#2)</i>
2008
Published
Not in MoMA's Collection
Only state
2008
Not in MoMA's Collection
<i>Hommage à Miro (#5)</i>
2008
Related Works in the Catalogue
Published
Not in MoMA's Collection
Hommage à Miro (#4)
Only state
2009
Not in MoMA's Collection
<i>Hommage à Miro (#4)</i>
2009
Published
Not in MoMA's Collection
Untitled, no. 2 of 7, from the series, Une Ballade dans la Campagne
Only state
2007
Not in MoMA's Collection
Untitled, no. 2 of 7, from the series,<i> Une Ballade dans la Campagne</i>
2007
Published
Not in MoMA's Collection
Hommage à Miro (#5)
Only state
2008
Not in MoMA's Collection
<i>Hommage à Miro (#5)</i>
2008
Published
Not in MoMA's Collection
Son Bruit Réverbéré Contre la Montagne
Only state
2007
Not in MoMA's Collection
<i>Son Bruit Réverbéré Contre la Montagne</i>
2007
Published
Not in MoMA's Collection
Hommage à Miro (#3)
Only state
2008
Not in MoMA's Collection
<i>Hommage à Miro (#3)</i>
2008
Published
Not in MoMA's Collection
For Stanley Hayter
Only state
2006
Not in MoMA's Collection
<i>For Stanley Hayter</i>
2006
Published
Not in MoMA's Collection
Blue Confrontation (#2)
Only state
2006
Not in MoMA's Collection
<i>Blue Confrontation (#2)</i>
2006
Related Works in Other Mediums
Not in MoMA's Collection
Untitled
1993
Not in MoMA's Collection
Untitled
1993
Medium: Ink and watercolor on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 12 x 9" (30.5 x 22.9 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY