Cat. No. 239/III
Head on Fire
- State/Variant:
- State III of IV
- Date:
- 2000
- Themes:
- Body Parts, Faces & Portraits
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 10 7/8 x 8 1/2" (27.7 x 21.6 cm); sheet: 16 7/16 x 13 9/16" (41.8 x 34.4 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois 1999" lower right margin, pencil.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of state III
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state IV.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state II in drypoint: left ear delineated.
- Curatorial Remarks:
- Since the back of this proof includes a date (26 May 2000) written by the print workshop, and the source drawing for this composition is dated 2000, Bourgeois probably mistakenly wrote 1999 when she added her signature.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 969.2008
- This Work in Other Collections:
- The Baltimore Museum of Art, MD
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Head on Fire
2000
Source
2000
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
La Tête en Feu
Ink on graph paper
2000
Ink on graph paper
2000
States
State I of IV
2000
2000
State II of IV
2000
2000
State III of IV
2000
2000
State IV of IV, variant
2000
2000
Published
State IV of IV
2000
2000
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
State IV of IV
2000
2000
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-
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
