LOUISE BOURGEOIS: COMPLETE BOOKS & PRINTS

Themes:

Body Parts, Figures, Objects

Techniques:

Drypoint, Other

Description:

Drypoint and monotype, with selective wiping

Support:

Smooth, wove paper

Dimensions:

plate: 3 7/16 x 2 1/2" (8.8 x 6.3 cm); sheet: 8 × 5 11/16" (20.3 × 14.5 cm)

Signature:

Not signed

Inscription:

"1" lower right margin, pencil, artist's hand.

Publisher:

unpublished

Printer:

The artist

Edition:

1 known impression of state I

Impression:

Not numbered

Edition Information:

Not issued as a published edition at any state.

Artist’s Remarks:

"Morning is the good time of the day."

"Hair is beauty... it is always important. You have to think about what gives you self-esteem and what ruins your self-esteem." Bourgeois told a story she remembered, which amused her very much, about how a man should relate to a woman. "If she has a brain, the man says, 'My, how pretty you are.' If she is pretty, he says, 'My, how smart and clever you are.' You have to lie through your teeth, if you can." (Quotes cited in Wye, Deborah and Carol Smith. "The Prints of Louise Bourgeois." New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1994, p. 60)

Former Cat. No.:

W & S 20

MoMA Credit Line:

Gift of the artist

MoMA Accession Number:

119.1990.1

© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY