Magic Wands

Cat. No. 1117, variant 1

Magic Wands

State/Variant:
Only state, variant
Date:
2004
Themes
Abstraction, Spirals
Techniques
Etching
Support:
Paper
Dimensions:
plate (each): 13 15/16 × 7 7/16" (35.4 × 18.9 cm); sheet: 20 × 22 1/4" (50.8 × 56.5 cm)
Signature:
panel (b): "Louise Bourgeois" lower right margin, pencil.
Publisher
Osiris
Printer
Wingate Studio
Edition:
3 known variant impressions of the only state, outside the illustrated book edition
Edition Information:
This is one of 3 known examples of this plate outside the illustrated book edition. This example is a diptych; the other two are triptychs. All are seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below.

About the "Hang On" illustrated book edition:
Of the announced edition of 9 unbound and 12 bound, only 9 unbound examples were realized.

There are varying hand additions across the edition of illustrated books. Impression number 5/9 was also available for examination by MoMA cataloguers, but was not available for reproduction. In that example, plate 7 (left) has black crayon additions, and plate 8 (right) has blue watercolor wash additions, red crayon, and white gouache additions.
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:
panel (a): Soft ground etching, with black pencil additions
panel (b): Soft ground etching, with red pencil additions
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Untitled, plates 7 and 8 of 17, from the illustrated book, Hang On ; Magic Wands

2004

States
Untitled, plates 7 and 8 of 17, from the illustrated book, Hang On
Magic Wands
Magic Wands
Magic Wands

Illustrated Book

2004

Hang On

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