Cat. No. 546/I, variant 2
Eyes
- State/Variant:
- State I of IV, variant
- Date:
- 1996
- Themes:
- Body Parts
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with white correction fluid, and black and red ink additions
- Support:
- Slightly textured, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 4 x 8 13/16" (10.1 x 22.4 cm); sheet: 7 3/8 x 10 1/4" (18.7 x 26 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Inscription:
- Verso: "Des yeux dans yeux / eyes within eyes" center sheet, black ink, artist's hand (?).
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 2 known variant impressions of state I
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state IV.
- Background:
- State IV of this composition was published as a benefit for the Brooklyn Museum.
- Curatorial Remarks:
- What look like vertical striations in the center of this composition are actually ripples in the paper, caught in light during the process of photographing the print.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 682.2008
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Brooklyn Museum, New York
Cleveland Museum of Art, OH
Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY