Cat. No. 1067/II
Hands
- State/Variant:
- State II of VIII
- Date:
- 2002
- Themes:
- Body Parts
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with pencil, orange pencil, and red and black ink additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 11 15/16 x 9 15/16" (30.3 x 25.2 cm); sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 13/16" (37.5 x 27.5 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Inscription:
- "apply to peace corps volunteer." lower middle to lower right margin, red colored pencil, artist's hand.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of state II
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition at any state.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state I, in drypoint: left hand's second finger and nail, and third finger; right hand's fifth finger and second finger's nail; all reconfigured.
- Background:
- Printer Felix Harlan of Harlan & Weaver traced Bourgeois's hands to create this composition. A photograph was taken of the process. Bourgeois later used this photograph to create a 2008 photogravure, also titled "Hands," seen in Related Works in the Catalogue.
- Curatorial Remarks:
- The source drawing for this composition was done on the verso of the 2002 impression seen below in Related Works in the Catalogue.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1573.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY