LOUISE BOURGEOIS: COMPLETE BOOKS & PRINTS

Themes:

Body Parts, Fabric Works, Figures

Techniques:

Drypoint

Description:

Drypoint, with selective wiping

Support:

Fabric

Dimensions:

plate: 5 3/4 x 4 3/4" (14.6 x 12 cm); sheet: 10 1/2 x 9 1/4" (26.7 x 23.5 cm)

Signature:

"LB" right lower margin, stitched in red thead.

Publisher:

Harlan & Weaver, New York

Printer:

Harlan & Weaver, New York

Edition:

1 known impression of state II on fabric, outside the two editions

Edition Information:

This impression is outside the edition of 6 on fabric. There is also an impression on paper outside the edition of 25 on paper.

There are variations in the fabrics used in the fabric edition, as is commonly found in the old fabrics Bourgeois chose to use as printing surfaces; some impressions have staining or scorching. Two examples with varying fabrics are reproduced in the Evolving Composition Diagram below.

According to the Louise Bourgeois Studio, 3 of the 7 A.P. impressions on paper are not numbered, and one of those 3 impressions has red ink additions in the figure's belly button.

State Changes and Additions:

Changes from state I in drypoint: lines reinforced overall.

Curatorial Remarks:

Due to the nature of the mounting and framing of this work, the verso could not be examined.

MoMA Credit Line:

Gift of Jean-Louis Bourgeois and Alain Bourgeois

MoMA Accession Number:

749.2013

This Work in Other Collections:

Davis Museum, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA

© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY