LOUISE BOURGEOIS: COMPLETE BOOKS & PRINTS

Descriptive Title:

Oval with Four Heads

Themes:

Abstraction, Motherhood & Family

Techniques:

Engraving, Etching

Description:

Etching and engraving, with blue ink additions

Support:

Smooth, wove paper

Dimensions:

plate: 9 7/8 x 11 15/16" (25.1 x 30.3 cm); sheet: 11 1/8 × 17 11/16" (28.2 × 45 cm)

Signature:

"LB" lower right margin, red ink.

Publisher:

unpublished

Printer:

The artist

Edition:

1 known impression of the only state

Impression:

Not numbered

Edition Information:

Not issued as a published edition.

Artist’s Remarks:

Inscribed on the verso of the source drawing: "Friendly Warning: / Titre mind your own business. / or else. I will trip you. whenever I can, / or no matter how long it takes. Reference to: the loving wife (the jealous wife) Bibi Lola de St. Malo. / La peur des plumes et du cri, enoncer proprement. / Reference to the stuffed effigies: du 27 juillet 1995 samedi [sketch of a shirt and skirt] pink lady }. / une effigie qui devient un fetish / De ne démunir de mes outils n’est difficile, outils ou matériaux. / J’ai eu le courage de sacrifier tout mon trousseau / de lamé de plume de crue et de fourrure à cause de leur courte durée / bouffer des mites / the purpose of a bag is to fit neatly into another bag [Along left side:] / There is a sudden and total change of mood from Happy to depressed / why, why, why, why, why.—no visible explanation."

MoMA Credit Line:

Gift of the artist

MoMA Accession Number:

641.1996

© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY