Cat. No. 291/I
The Cross-Eyed Woman I
- State/Variant:
- State I of II
- Date:
- 2004
- Themes:
- Faces & Portraits
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with selective wiping, and black ink additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 6 3/4 x 9 3/16" (17.1 x 23.4 cm); sheet: 12 1/16 x 11 3/16" (30.7 x 28.4 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right 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- unpublished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 II.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Additions in black ink: hair and figure further delineated, anticipating state II.
- 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:
- 5.2012
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
The Cross-Eyed Woman I
2004
States
State I of II
2004
2004
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
State II of II
2004
2004
Published
State II of II
2004
2004
