Cat. No. 1374.1
Black Arcs
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 2005
- Themes
- Abstraction
- Techniques
- Etching
- Support:
- Paper (4 attached sheets, mounted on another sheet)
- Dimensions:
- sheet: 21 5/8 × 25 7/8" (54.9 × 65.7 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois" lower right margin, pencil.
- Publisher
- Osiris
- Printer
- Wingate Studio
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of the only state, outside the editions
- Edition Information:
- Bourgeois used one plate to create 3 different compositions, 2 of which were done as editions of “studies.” In the "Red Arcs" edition, the compositions are configured vertically, while the compositions in the "Black Arcs" edition are configured horizontally. The third composition is not designated as a "study" and is outside both editions. All impressions have unique hand additions. See examples of all 3 in the Evolving Composition Diagram below.
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Description:
- Soft ground etching, with pencil additions
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
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Only state
2005
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Black Arcs ; Red Arcs
2007
States
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Not in MoMA's Collection
Only state
2005
Not in MoMA's Collection
<i>Black Arcs</i>
2005
Published
Not in MoMA's Collection
Only state
2005
Not in MoMA's Collection
<i>Black Arcs</i>
2005
Published
Not in MoMA's Collection
Only state
2005
Not in MoMA's Collection
<i>Black Arcs</i>
2005
Published
Not in MoMA's Collection
Only state
2005
Not in MoMA's Collection
<i>Red Arcs</i>
2005
Published
Not in MoMA's Collection
Only state
2005
Not in MoMA's Collection
<i>Red Arcs</i>
2005
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Untitled, no. 5 of 15, from the illustrated book, Sublimation
2002
Not in MoMA's Collection
Untitled, no. 5 of 15, from the illustrated book,<i> Sublimation</i>
2002
Published
Not in MoMA's Collection
Untitled, no. 10 of 15, from the illustrated book, Sublimation
2002
Not in MoMA's Collection
Untitled, no. 10 of 15, from the illustrated book,<i> Sublimation</i>
2002
Published
Not in MoMA's Collection
Untitled, no. 12 of 15, from the illustrated book, Sublimation
2002
Not in MoMA's Collection
Untitled, no. 12 of 15, from the illustrated book,<i> Sublimation</i>
2002
Related Works in Other Mediums
Not in MoMA's Collection
Untitled
1988
Not in MoMA's Collection
Untitled
1988
Medium: Ink on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 8 1/2 x 11" (21.6 x 27.9 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Not in MoMA's Collection
Change the Direction of the Music Staff
1997
Not in MoMA's Collection
Change the Direction of the Music Staff
1997
Medium: Ink on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 8 3/4 × 12" (22.2 × 30.5 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY