LOUISE BOURGEOIS: COMPLETE BOOKS & PRINTS

Descriptive Title:

Staring Face with Red Hand

Themes:

Body Parts, Faces & Portraits

Techniques:

Drypoint

Description:

Drypoint, with blue and red ink, and puncture hole additions

Support:

Smooth, wove Hahnemühle paper

Dimensions:

plate: 11 13/16 x 8 15/16" (30 x 22.7 cm); sheet: 15 3/8 x 11" (39 x 28 cm)

Signature:

"LB" lower right margin, red ink.

Inscription:

"HC" lower left margin, red ink, artist's hand. Verso: "L'effroi / J'ai une peur de ces 2 visiteurs. / DAVID Rockefeller, Junior / Richard Lanier. On the october 5th / I could not listen to them / I could only stare." lower center sheet, pencil, artist's hand.

Publisher:

unpublished

Printer:

Harlan & Weaver, New York

Edition:

1 known impression of state I

Impression:

Not numbered

Edition Information:

The "HC" inscription, in the artist's hand, does not indicate a conventional H.C. impression, as this composition was not issued as a published edition at any state.

State Changes and Additions:

Additions by puncture: hole added to right iris.

Background:

On October 5th, 1999, the artist was visited by the David Rockefeller, Jr. and Richard Lanier. They visited to discuss the Praemium Imperiale Award from the Japan Art Association. Since 1989, the 5 prizes per year have been awarded in the categories of painting, sculpture, architecture, music, and film/theater. Bourgeois was the recipient in the sculpture category in 1999.

MoMA Credit Line:

Gift of the artist

MoMA Accession Number:

980.2008

© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY