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LOUISE BOURGEOIS: COMPLETE BOOKS & PRINTS

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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unpublished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

Ear
2004

States

Louise Bourgeois. Ear. 2004
State I of VI, variant
2004
Louise Bourgeois. Ear. 2004
State I of VI, variant
2004
Louise Bourgeois. Ear. 2004
State II of VI
2004
Louise Bourgeois. Ear. 2004
State III of VI
2004
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Ear. 2004
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION State IV of VI
2004
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Ear. 2004
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION State V of VI
2004
Published Louise Bourgeois. Ear. 2004
State VI of VI
2004