LOUISE BOURGEOIS: COMPLETE BOOKS & PRINTS

Themes:

Abstraction, Figures

Techniques:

Drypoint

Description:

Drypoint, with selective wiping, and pencil additions

Support:

Smooth, wove paper

Dimensions:

plate: 9 15/16 × 11 7/8" (25.2 × 30.1 cm); sheet: 17 1/16 x 15 1/16" (43.3 x 38.2 cm)

Signature:

Not signed

Publisher:

unpublished

Printer:

Harlan & Weaver, New York

Edition:

2 known variant impressions of state IV, outside the edition

Impression:

Not numbered

State Changes and Additions:

Changes from state II, in drypoint: further shading added to five points surrounding figure.

Curatorial Remarks:

Publisher Harlan & Weaver groups the editioned state of this composition with ten other drypoints of 1999, under the title, “11 Drypoints.” Each of the 11 compositions can be displayed individually. The full set is as follows:
“The Accident”
“The Angry Cat”
“Don’t Put Your Foot in Your Mouth”
“Fear”
“Feet (Socks)”
“Fences Are Obsolete”
“Madeleine”
“Mosquito”
“Mother and Child”
“Please Hang in There”
“The Smell of the Feet”

Bibliography:

Malbert, Roger, and Juliet Mitchell. "Louise Bourgeois: Autobiographical Prints." London: Hayward, 2016. (Catalogue accompanying the touring exhibition "Louise Bourgeois Prints: Autobiographical Series and 11 Drypoints".)

MoMA Credit Line:

Gift of the artist

MoMA Accession Number:

931.2008

© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY