NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Cat. No. 1316
Ton Coeur Ton Coeur
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 2008
- Descriptive Title:
-
English translation: "Your Heart Your Heart"
- Themes:
- Abstraction, Body Parts
- Techniques:
- Etching
- Description:
- Etching, with watercolor and pencil additions
- Support:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- sheet: 12 × 8 1/4" (30.5 × 21 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois" lower middle margin, pencil.
- Inscription:
- "Ton coeur Ton coeur" upper middle margin, pencil, artist's hand.
- Publisher:
- Osiris, New York
- Printer:
- Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH
- Edition:
- 5 single impressions and 2 diptychs of the only state
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- The hand additions on this composition vary from impression to impression. The impressions are presented as single compositions and as diptychs, with varying titles. They are listed here, and all but one are seen in the Evolving Composition below; the last is seen in Related Works in the Catalogue.
“Lair (Fée Couturière): 1 impression
“Ton Coeur”: 1 impression
“Ton Coeur”: 1 impression
“Ton Coeur”: 1 impression
“Ton Coeur Ton Coeur”: 1 impression
“Ton Coeur Ton Coeur”: diptych of 2 impressions
“Ton Coeur Ton Coeur”: diptych of 2 impressions
“The Pollination”: diptych of 1 impression of this composition and 1 impression of a second composition - 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.
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"
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