Cat. No. 1133/II
Ferocity
- State/Variant:
- State II of II
- Date:
- c. 1974
- Themes:
- Abstraction
- Techniques:
- Drypoint, Other
- Description:
- Scraper, engraving, and drypoint
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 5 1/2 × 11 1/8" (14 × 28.2 cm); sheet: 10 1/4 × 12 1/8" (26 × 30.8 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower left margin, pencil.
- Inscription:
- Verso: "FEROCITY" center, blue ink, artist's hand.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- The artist
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of state II
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state I in drypoint: numerous short lines added to center composition.
- Curatorial Remarks:
- The scraper tool is generally used for removing lines in the plate. Bourgeois used it here to delineate parts of her composition.
- Former Cat. No.:
- W & S 70
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 166.1990
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