In Tribute to Madame de Pompadour and the Court of Louis XV: François Boucher, Madame de Pompadour, cultural mistress of Louis XV. 1750, collection Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

In Tribute to Madame de Pompadour and the Court of Louis XV: second performance, Coracle Press at Kettles Yard, Cambridge, England, 1985.

In Tribute to Madame de Pompadour and the Court of Louis XV: the Court being prepared by an assistant dressed with a clipped yew, referencing the Ball of the Yew Trees, the first official visit of Madame de Pompadour to Versailles in 1745, 1985.

In Tribute to Madame de Pompadour and the Court of Louis XV: filling the courtier’s plates with honey, during the initiation ceremony, film still, 1985. See Film

In Tribute to Madame de Pompadour and the Court of Louis XV: a prepared colony of bees, Apis mellifera, entering the Court’s specially prepared hive, film still, 1985.

In Tribute to Madame de Pompadour and the Court of Louis XV: the courtier’s honey plates fanning around the central vacuum chamber (Madame de Pompadour), film still, 1985.

In Tribute to Madame de Pompadour and the Court of Louis XV: a device worn on the wrist ensures the correct number of windings of silk thread for the lifeline bobbins of each courtier, 1983

In Tribute to Madame de Pompadour and the Court of Louis XV: soil samples being taken at Versailles in the early spring of 1983. Photo: J. J. Berry.

In Tribute to Madame de Pompadour and the Court of Louis XV: collecting snails from different châteaux previously owned by chosen courtiers, these samples were transported to England for selective breeding, 1983. Photo: J. J. Berry.

In Tribute to Madame de Pompadour and the Court of Louis XV: the underside of the Court is its most complex : the calcium chambers. This system of vats, containing dead courtiers (their snail shells ground with carbon), is where Louis introduces water, producing the acetylene gas used to create the vacuum. 1985

In Tribute to Madame de Pompadour and the Court of Louis XV: crushing dead courtiers for the calcium chambers, c. 1983. See Film

In Tribute to Madame de Pompadour and the Court of Louis XV: honey is distributed by the courtiers by lifelines attached to their shells. The acetylene gas redirects the flow of honey to fill the cape at night and the reservoir of accumulated resources during the day; this honey was used together with the perfume from the Court in an edition, 1985. See Editions

In Tribute to Madame de Pompadour and the Court of Louis XV: drawing showing the progress of each courtier during the four weeks of the second performance, 1985.

In Tribute to Madame de Pompadour and the Court of Louis XV: drawing showing the flow of cultural energy personified by honey. 1982

In Tribute to Madame de Pompadour and the Court of Louis XV: A vitrine of related editions and two snail progress charts in the drawer. 1990. See Editions.

In Tribute to Madame de Pompadour and the Court of Louis XV: full-scale ink drawing of the Court on Mylar, the honey lines are gilded in white gold, 1991.

In Tribute to Madame de Pompadour and the Court of Louis XV: installation view, Royal College of Art, London, 1984.

In Tribute to Madame de Pompadour and the Court of Louis XV: detail of the three Specimen Vitrines holding material relating the courtiers (snails), followed by the workers (bees) and the most distant vitrine the performance instruments, 1990.

In Tribute to Madame de Pompadour and the Court of Louis XV: Specimen Vitrine dedicated to Helix aspersa (snails) personifying the fourteen courtiers of Madame de Pompadour’s inner circle. This vitrine contains the mechanism for controlling the lifeline of each courtier, soil samples taken from Versailles, and technical drawings related to the courtiers interaction, 1990.

In Tribute to Madame de Pompadour and the Court of Louis XV: Specimen Vitrine dedicated to Apis mellifera (bees), contains the gloves and suit used to introduce the Queen to the Court’s colony, various elements of the specialized hive, perfume components, and a set of drawings relating to the conversion of courtiers' shells to form Madame de Pompadour’s ethereal perfumed presence, 1990.

In Tribute to Madame de Pompadour and the Court of Louis XV: Specimen Vitrine containing the relics from the first and second performances of the Court, resting on the Cape which shrouds the Court at night and serves as a vessel to store honey for the next generation of courtiers, 1990.

In Tribute to Madame de Pompadour and the Court of Louis XV: Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson Madame d’Etioles Madame de Pompadour: Pompadour Glass Rose, 1995. See Editions.

Explication: In Tribute to Madame de Pompadour and the Court of Louis XV: lithograph, 40 × 28 in.; 101 × 71 cm, New York: Christine Burgin. 1991 See Prints.