Cat. No. 150 (fabric)
The Smile
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 2001
- Alternate Title:
-
The Child
- Themes:
- Fabric Works, Faces & Portraits, Figures
- Techniques:
- Lithography
- Description:
- Lithograph
- Support:
- Fabric
- Dimensions:
- sheet: 11 13/16 x 8 1/4" (30 x 21 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" right lower margin, stitched in red thread.
- Publisher:
- The artist
- Printer:
- SOLO Impression, New York
- Edition:
- 40; plus 5 A.P., and an edition of 25 on paper plus 4 A.P.
- Impression:
- "AP 2" right lower sheet verso, red ink, unknown hand.
- Background:
- Bourgeois created prints as holiday gifts for a circle of friends. "The Smile" was printed in paper and fabric editions, and both were used as holiday gifts for 2001.
- Other Remarks:
- Printer Judith Solodkin, of SOLO Impression, notes that she has titled this print "The Child" in her records, but that the Louise Bourgeois Studio calls it "The Smile."
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1755.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
The Smile
2001
Source
2002
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
The Smile
Ink, pencil, and correction fluid on paper
2002
Ink, pencil, and correction fluid on paper
2002
States
Published
Only state
2001
2001
Published
Only state
2001
2001
