Cat. No. 293/I
The Cross-Eyed Woman III
- State/Variant:
- State I of III
- Date:
- 2004
- Themes:
- Faces & Portraits
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with red ink additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 9 5/16 x 6 11/16" (23.6 x 17 cm); sheet: 14 7/16 x 11 1/4" (36.7 x 28.6 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois" right lower margin, pencil.
- 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- unpublished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 red ink: face further delineated and hair reinforced, anticipating state II; necklace added, anticipating state III; body reinforced.
- Background:
- According to Bourgeois’s assistant, Jerry Gorovoy, the artist occasionally crossed her eyes to amuse her friends. Also, she admired the paintings of cross-eyed women by artist John Graham (1886-1961).
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 10.2012
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
The Cross-Eyed Woman III
2004
States
State I of III
2004
2004
State II of III
2004
2004
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
State II of III
2004
2004
Published NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
State III of III
2004
2004
Published
State III of III
2004
2004
