NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Cat. No. 1300
2 Friends
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 2006
- Themes:
- Abstraction, Nature
- Techniques:
- Etching
- Description:
- Etching, with watercolor, gouache, pencil, and colored pencil additions
- Support:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- sheet: 11 3/4 × 5 7/8" (29.8 × 14.9 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" right lower comp., pencil.
- Inscription:
- "2 friends" upper center to upper right comp., pencil.
- Publisher:
- Osiris, New York
- Printer:
- Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH
- Edition:
- 2 known impressions of the only state
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- The hand additions on this composition vary from impression to impression, as do the titles. See both examples in the Evolving Composition Diagram below.
In “La Chanson” this composition is paired in a diptych with another composition. It is the only known appearance of that second composition within Bourgeois’s work. See that work is Related Works in the Catalogue below. - 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 Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY






