Louise Bourgeois. La Forêt Enchantée (2008)

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Cat. No. 1304

Descriptive Title:: English translation: "The Enchanted Forest"
Themes:: Abstraction, Nature
Techniques:: Etching
Description:: Etching, with watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, and pencil additions
Support:: Paper
Dimensions:: sheet: 7 × 8 7/8" (17.8 × 22.5 cm)
Signature:: "LB" lower right comp., pencil. (Elements of letters reinforced.)
Inscription:: “LA FORÊT / enchantée” lower left comp. and margin, pencil, artist's hand.
Publisher:: Osiris, New York
Printer:: Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH
Edition:: 7 known impressions of the only state
Impression:: Not numbered
Edition Information:: The hand additions on this composition vary from impression to impression. Orientations also vary: 3 examples are in one orientation, 3 are in the opposite orientation, and 1 is in a third orientation. Similarly, titles vary, but include 3 examples titled “Rivière” (#1, #3, and #4). Impressions of a similar composition, seen in Related Works in the Catalogue, also include the titles “Rivière” (# 2 and #6). There is no known composition titled “Rivière (#5)”.
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.

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