Cat. No. 555/V
Tête à l'envers
- State/Variant:
- State V of VI
- Date:
- 2001
- Alternate Title:
-
Face with Spiral Eyes
- Descriptive Title:
-
English translation: "Upside Down Head"
- Themes:
- Faces & Portraits, Spirals
- Techniques:
- Aquatint, Drypoint, Engraving
- Description:
- Drypoint, engraving, and aquatint, with red ink and pencil additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 8 7/16 x 10 7/8" (21.5 x 27.6 cm); sheet: 13 5/8 x 16 1/8" (34.6 x 41 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right margin, red ink.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 2 known impressions of state V
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition at any state.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state IV, in aquatint: second eyelid and all nostrils shaded; shading in perimeter of face darkened.
Changes from state IV, in engraving: female nose further delineated. - Curatorial Remarks:
- The dark shading in the nostrils and perimeter of the face are likely the result of 2 layers of aquatint.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1067.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY