Cat. No. 127
The Birth
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 2007
- Themes:
- Body Parts, Fabric Works, Figures, Motherhood & Family
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with selective wiping
- Support:
- Fabric
- Dimensions:
- plate: 18 x 10 15/16" (45.7 x 27.8 cm); sheet: 23 1/8 x 14 3/4" (58.7 x 37.5 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" right lower margin, stitched in blue thread.
- Publisher:
- The artist
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 3
- Impression:
- "No. 2/7" lower middle sheet verso, black ink, unknown hand.
- Edition Information:
- Only 3 impressions, from a planned edition of 7, were completed before the artist's death.
There are sometimes variations in the old fabrics Bourgeois used in her editions. According to photographic records of the Louise Bourgeois Studio, there may be staining or scorching in one of the examples of this composition. - MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 26.2012
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY