Cat. No. 617
Rorschach Test
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 2001
- Themes:
- Abstraction
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with blue ink and pencil additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 11 15/16 x 6" (30.3 x 15.2 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 10 1/16" (38 x 25.5 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Inscription:
- Verso: "Rorshack [sic] test / ink blots" lower center sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of the only state
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition.
- Other Remarks:
- Felix Harlan, of Harlan & Weaver, remembers that the artist always had blotting paper on her work desk. The paper was used to dry proofs printed on the small press Bourgeois had in her basement. It is possible that this composition derived from an ink stain found on the blotter.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1093.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY