LOUISE BOURGEOIS: COMPLETE BOOKS & PRINTS

Descriptive Title:

Headless Hanging Woman II

Themes:

Body Parts, Figures

Techniques:

Drypoint

Description:

Drypoint, with red ink additions

Support:

Smooth, wove Hahnemühle paper

Dimensions:

plate: 15 7/8 × 11 15/16" (40.4 × 30.3 cm); sheet: 31 5/16 x 22 1/4" (79.5 x 56.5 cm)

Signature:

"LB" lower right margin, red ink.

Inscription:

"HC" lower left margin, red ink, artist's hand.

Publisher:

unpublished

Printer:

Harlan & Weaver, New York

Edition:

1 known impression of state I

Impression:

Not numbered

Edition Information:

Not issued as a published edition at any state.

Curatorial Remarks:

The "HC" inscription, in the artist's hand, does not indicate a conventional H.C. impression, as this composition was not issued as a published edition at any state.

MoMA Credit Line:

Gift of the artist

MoMA Accession Number:

840.2008

© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY