Cat. No. 582/IV
Spiral Woman, plate 2 of 7, from the portfolio, La Réparation
- State/Variant:
- State IV of X
- Date:
- 2001
- Descriptive Title:
-
English translation: "The Reparation"
- Themes:
- Body Parts, Figures, Spirals
- Techniques:
- Drypoint, Engraving
- Description:
- Drypoint and engraving, with black ink and white gouache additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 11 5/16 x 8 15/16" (28.8 x 22.7 cm); sheet: 15 15/16 x 13" (40.5 x 33 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of state IV
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state X.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state III by burnishing: rounded shape to right of head removed.
Changes from state III in drypoint: hair delineated and body shaded.
Additions in black ink: hair outlines filled in. - Other Remarks:
- According to the artist's assistant, Jerry Gorovoy, and printer Felix Harlan, the source for this print is the 1984 sculpture, "Spiral Woman." Harlan says that the closely related drawing from 2002 (seen below in Related Works in Other Mediums) was probably taken from an impression of the print. Bourgeois also made a photocopy of the drawing with hand additions. Both were made as part of the artist's working process midway through the platemaking.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1449.2012
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Tate Modern, London (state X on paper)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY