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Etching, with gouache, watercolor, ink, pencil, and colored pencil additions
Support:
Paper (two attached sheets)
Dimensions:
sheet: 68 × 34 1/4" (172.7 × 87 cm)
Signature:
"Louise Bourgeois" lower right comp., pencil.
Inscription:
"les yeux / poruges" center comp., pencil; "[illegible]" lower center comp. pencil; "dans la [illegible]" lower center comp., pencil; all artist's hand. (Present digital image does not allow for legibility.)
The plate used for this composition, found partially printed in the upper portion of the sheet, was also used for an editioned print, a variant impression, and another composition in this series (no. 1); all are seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below.
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.
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