LOUISE BOURGEOIS: COMPLETE BOOKS & PRINTS

Themes:

Abstraction

Techniques:

Drypoint, Relief

Description:

Drypoint, printed in relief

Support:

Smooth, wove paper

Dimensions:

plate: 6 13/16 × 4 13/16" (17.3 × 12.2 cm); sheet: 14 1/8 × 12" (35.8 × 30.5 cm)

Signature:

Not signed

Publisher:

unpublished

Printer:

Harlan & Weaver, New York

Edition:

2 known impressions of the only state

Impression:

Not numbered

Edition Information:

Not issued as a published edition.

Curatorial Remarks:

For relief printing, the plate is not inked and wiped as one would normally do for a drypoint. Instead, the ink is applied to the plate with a roller and left on the surface to be printed. As a result, very little ink goes into the drypoint lines.

MoMA Credit Line:

Gift of the artist

MoMA Accession Number:

1624.2012

© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY