Cat. No. 239/I
Head on Fire
- State/Variant:
- State I of IV
- Date:
- 2000
- Themes:
- Body Parts, Faces & Portraits
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with red and purple ink additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove Hahnemühle paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 10 15/16 x 8 3/8" (27.8 x 21.3 cm); sheet: 15 3/8 x 11 1/4" (39 x 28.5 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right margin, red ink.
- Inscription:
- Verso: "July 20/2001" lower right sheet, red ink, artist's hand.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of state I
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state IV.
- Curatorial Remarks:
- Since Bourgeois dated this proof, "July 20/2001" in red ink, she possibly continued to add hand additions after the initial proofing period in 2000.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 970.2008
- 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
