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Cat. No. 617

Rorschach Test

State/Variant:
Only state
Date:
2001
Themes:
Abstraction
Techniques:
Drypoint
Description:
Drypoint, with blue ink and pencil additions
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 11 15/16 x 6" (30.3 x 15.2 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 10 1/16" (38 x 25.5 cm)
Signature:
Not signed
Inscription:
Verso: "Rorshack [sic] test / ink blots" lower center sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
Publisher:
unpublished
Printer:
Harlan & Weaver, New York
Edition:
1 known impression of the only state
Impression:
Not numbered
Edition Information:
Not issued as a published edition.
Other Remarks:
Felix Harlan, of Harlan & Weaver, remembers that the artist always had blotting paper on her work desk. The paper was used to dry proofs printed on the small press Bourgeois had in her basement. It is possible that this composition derived from an ink stain found on the blotter.
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
1093.2008

Rorschach Test
2001

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Louise Bourgeois. Rorschach Test. 2001
Only state
2001