Incised in plate (printed in reverse):
"PÉRE / GARDEZ / VOUS / À DROITE / GARDEZ / VOUS À / GAUCHE / MÉFIE TOI DU TRIANGLE / ENFANT / GARDE TOI À DROITE / GARDE TOI À GAUCHE"
Translation: Father / protect / yourself / on the right / protect / yourself on / the left / beware of the triangle / child / protect yourself on the right / protect yourself on the left

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State variant State II of II
Medium Drypoint
Dimensions plate: 8 1/8 x 11 15/16" (20.6 x 30.3 cm); sheet: 10 15/16 x 13 3/16" (27.8 x 33.5 cm)
Publisher unpublished
Printer Louise Bourgeois
Edition 1 known impression of state II
Impression Not numbered
Credit Gift of the artist
Object number 75.1997
Department Drawings and Prints

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Louise Bourgeois

Louise Bourgeois

American, born France. 1911–2010 3040 works online

Born in Paris in 1911, Louise Bourgeois was raised by parents who ran a tapestry restoration business. A gifted student, she also helped out in the workshop by drawing missing elements in the scenes depicted on the tapestries.

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