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This edition, along with A.P.s, T.P.s, and P.P.s, comprises 23 works, each with hand additions that transform the hair of the female figure. Outlines of the face and upper torso, and generalized vertical elements that indicate the outlining of hair, are in drypoint. The necklace, when it appears, and the varied delineations of hair, are drawn in ink.
An example of the most simplified composition in this group of prints appears first in the Evolving Composition Diagram below, followed by examples of other variations Bourgeois created across this edition. This order does not indicate the order in which the works were completed, as that is not known.
Benefit Work:
For the Yvon Lambert Foundation, Avignon, France
Curatorial Remarks:
The medium and precise location of the impression number is not documented because this work is not in MoMA's collection and could not be examined in person. The plate dimensions are from an impression in MoMA's Collection.
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