LOUISE BOURGEOIS: COMPLETE BOOKS & PRINTS

Descriptive Title:

Fragmented Figure Study

Themes:

Body Parts

Techniques:

Drypoint

Description:

Drypoint

Support:

Smooth, wove paper

Dimensions:

plate: 4 3/16 x 42 1/8" (10.7 x 107 cm); sheet: 6 x 5 9/16" (15.3 x 14.2 cm)

Signature:

Not signed

Publisher:

unpublished

Printer:

Harlan & Weaver, New York

Edition:

1 known impression of study 3, state II, on paper

Impression:

Not numbered

Edition Information:

Study for two unpublished compositions, each comprised of circular plates (version 1 and 2 of this project).

There are known studies for 3 of the plates in these compositions, not including the right hand and feet.

There is no known impression of study 3, state I, however, state I is visible in version 1 of this project.

State Changes and Additions:

Changes from state I by burnishing: circular marking near the knee of the right leg removed.

MoMA Credit Line:

Gift of the artist

MoMA Accession Number:

64.2012

© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY