![Louise Bourgeois. Female. 2009](../../collection_images/resized/009/w500h420/CRI_337009.jpg)
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Cat. No. 457/I
Female
- State/Variant:
- State I of II
- Date:
- 2009
- Themes:
- Body Parts, Fabric Works, Faces & Portraits, Figures
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with red watercolor additions
- Support:
- Fabric
- Dimensions:
- sheet: 5 × 3 3/8" (12.7 × 8.6 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" right lower sheet, stitched in brown thread.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 3 known impressions of state I
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state II.
The other 2 known impressions of state I are incorporated in the unique fabric clock works, "Self Portrait" and "Nature Study," both completed in 2009. See Related Works in the Catalogue below.
The 3 known state I impressions of this composition are each titled "Female," whereas the state II impressions included in sets 2/5–5/5 and A.P. 1/1 of the "Self Portrait" series are each titled "Desire." - Curatorial Remarks:
- Unlike for many of Bourgeois's prints, there is no source drawing for this composition.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY