Cat. No. 416/II
Ear
- State/Variant:
- State II of VI
- Date:
- 2004
- Themes:
- Body Parts, Faces & Portraits
- Techniques:
- Aquatint, Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint and aquatint, with selective wiping, and with blue gouache and black ink additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 9 7/8 x 6 1/8" (25.1 x 15.6 cm); sheet: 12 11/16 x 9 3/16" (32.3 x 23.4 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois 2004" lower middle to lower right margin, pencil.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of state II
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state VI.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state I, in drypoint: hair, neck, chin, eye, mouth, necklace, and ear shading.
Changes from state I, by embossing: hole in ear.
Additions in black ink: eye further delineated, anticipating state III; further ear shading anticipating state V. - MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1485.2012
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