Louise Bourgeois. Stamp of Memories II. 1994

Louise Bourgeois Stamp of Memories II 1994

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The final evolution of Bourgeois's Sainte Sébastienne took several forms. In both iterations of Stamp of Memory, the figure protects three eggs, representing Bourgeois's sons, hidden in her hair. Bourgeois brands the bodies with monogramed sealing stampsone displaying the initials of her father, Louis Bourgeois, and the other with her own geometric counterpart. Finally, she enlarges the figure to a grand scale and cuts off its head.

Gallery label from Louise Bourgeois: An Unfolding Portrait, Sept. 24, 2017-Jan. 28, 2018.
State/variant
Version 1 of 2, state XII of XII, variant
Medium
Drypoint, with hand additions
Dimensions
plate: 16 3/4 x 9 15/16" (42.6 x 25.3 cm); sheet: 25 3/8 x 17 1/8" (64 x 43.5 cm)
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Harlan & Weaver, New York
Edition
4 known impressions of version 1 of 2, state XII, outside the edition
Impresssion
Not numbered
Credit
Gift of the artist
Object number
612.1993
Copyright
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Department
Drawings and Prints

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