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Cat. No. 546/IV

Eyes

State/Variant:
State IV of IV
Date:
1996
Themes:
Body Parts
Techniques:
Drypoint
Description:
Drypoint
Support:
Smooth, wove Somerset paper
Dimensions:
plate: 3 15/16 x 8 7/8" (10.1 x 22.6 cm); sheet: 13 15/16 x 14 1/16" (35 x 35.7 cm)
Signature:
"Louise Bourgeois. 1996." right lower margin, pencil.
Publisher:
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn
Printer:
Harlan & Weaver, New York
Edition:
Edition: 40; plus 10 A.P., 5 P.P., and 1 Exhibition Proof
Impression:
"AP/2/10" left lower margin, pencil, unknown hand.
Edition Information:
There are 4 known impressions of state IV, outside the edition.

The fourth known impression of state IV, outside the edition, is in MoMA's Collection (Accession Number: 688.2008). It is not illustrated, due to its similarity to the impression seen here.
State Changes and Additions:
Changes from state III, in drypoint: shading lines in some eyes further delineated.
Benefit Work:
For the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
531.1996
This Work in Other Collections:
Brooklyn Museum, New York
Cleveland Museum of Art, OH
Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Eyes
1996

Source
1974

NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Eyes. 1974
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Eyes
Ink on paper
1974

States

Louise Bourgeois. Eyes. 1996
State I of IV, variant
1996
Louise Bourgeois. Eyes. 1996
State I of IV, variant
1996
Louise Bourgeois. Eyes. 1996
State II of IV
1996
Louise Bourgeois. Eyes. 1996
State III of IV
1996
Louise Bourgeois. Eyes. 1996
State IV of IV
1996
Louise Bourgeois. Eyes. 1996
State IV of IV
1996
Louise Bourgeois. Eyes. 1996
State IV of IV, variant
1996
Published Louise Bourgeois. Eyes. 1996
State IV of IV
1996