
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Cat. No. 1320
Fillette Je Suis, Fillette Je Reste
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 2008
- Descriptive Title:
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English translation: "Little Girl I Am, Little Girl I Remain"
- Themes:
- Figures
- Techniques:
- Etching
- Description:
- Etching, with watercolor and gouache additions
- Support:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- sheet: 13 1/2 × 6 1/2" (34.3 × 16.5 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois" lower right to right lower margin, pencil.
- Inscription:
- "fillette je suis" upper middle margin, red pencil, artist's hand; "fillette je reste" lower middle margin, red pencil, artist's hand.
- Publisher:
- Osiris, New York
- Printer:
- Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH
- Edition:
- 2 known impressions of the only state
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- The hand additions on this composition vary from impression to impression, as do the titles. For comparison, see the other example in the Evolving Composition Diagram below.
The plate for this composition was also used in combination with another plate for the composition "Un Homme et une Femme" in Related Works in the Catalogue. - Curatorial Remarks:
- The color of the hand additions, plate size, and paper type could not be documented because this work is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY