Cat. No. 60/I
Medical Print
- State/Variant:
- State I of III
- Date:
- 2001
- Themes:
- Body Parts, Figures, Motherhood & Family
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with black ink, pencil, and white gouache additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 6 7/8 x 8 7/16" (17.5 x 21.5 cm); sheet: 10 1/8 x 10 13/16" (25.7 x 27.5 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right margin, black ink.
- 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- unpublished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 III.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Additions in black ink: reinforced overall.
Additions in gouache and pencil: abdomen interior further delineated; legs reinforced. - Other Remarks:
- According to Bourgeois's assistant, Jerry Gorovoy, the imagery in this print refers to Bourgeois's preoccupation with the mechanisms of the body and, in particular, bodily fluids, which she called "precious liquids."
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1520.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY







