Cat. No. 1067/III
Hands
- State/Variant:
- State III of VIII
- Date:
- 2002-2003
- Themes:
- Body Parts
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with red and black ink, and red crayon additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove Hahnemühle paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 11 15/16 x 9 15/16" (30.3 x 25.2 cm); sheet: 14 11/16 x 10 3/4" (37.3 x 27.3 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" right lower margin, red crayon over black ink.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of state III
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition at any state.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state II, in drypoint: right hand's thumb and nail, fourth finger and nail, and third finger's nail; left hand's thumb and 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:
- 1574.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Hands
2002-2003
Source
2002
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NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Untitled (verso)
Pencil
2002
Pencil
2002
States
State I of VIII
2002
2002
State II of VIII
2002
2002
State III of VIII
2002-2003
2002-2003
State IV of VIII
2002-2003
2002-2003
State V of VIII
2002-2003
2002-2003
State VI of VIII
2002-2003
2002-2003
State VII of VIII
2002-2003
2002-2003
State VIII of VIII
2002-2003
2002-2003
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