Cat. No. 582/I
Spiral Woman, plate 2 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
- State/Variant:
- State I of X
- Date:
- 2001
- Descriptive Title:
-
English translation: "The Reparation"
- Themes:
- Body Parts, Figures, Spirals
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with red ink, pencil, and white gouache additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove Hahnemühle paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 11 7/16 x 8 7/8" (29 x 22.5 cm); sheet: 15 9/16 x 11" (39.5 x 28 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" right lower margin, red ink.
- Inscription:
- Verso: "Francoise Sagan / Suzan Sontag / Annie Leibovitz" lower center sheet, pencil, 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- unpublished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 X.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Additions in red ink: body shaded and hair delineated, anticipating changes in state IV.
Additions in pencil: facial features delineated, anticipating changes in state VII.
Additions in white gouache: rounded shape to right of head masked out, anticipating changes in state IV. - Other Remarks:
- According to the artist's assistant, Jerry Gorovoy, and printer Felix Harlan, the source for this print is the 1984 sculpture, "Spiral Woman." Harlan says that the closely related drawing from 2002 (seen below in Related Works in Other Mediums) was probably taken from an impression of the print. Bourgeois also made a photocopy of the drawing with hand additions. Both were made as part of the artist's working process midway through the platemaking.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1109.2008
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Tate Modern, London (state X on paper)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY


























