LOUISE BOURGEOIS: COMPLETE BOOKS & PRINTS

Themes:

Body Parts, Figures, Objects

Techniques:

Drypoint

Description:

Drypoint

Support:

Smooth, wove paper

Dimensions:

plate: 3 7/16 x 2 1/2" (8.8 x 6.3 cm); sheet: 10 13/16 × 8 3/8" (27.5 × 21.2 cm)

Signature:

"L Bourgeois / 1944" lower right margin, pencil.

Inscription:

"Morning" lower left margin, pencil, artist's hand. Verso: "71" center left sheet, pencil, artist's hand.

Publisher:

unpublished

Printer:

The artist

Edition:

1 known impression of state VI

Impression:

Not numbered

Edition Information:

Not issued as a published edition at any state.

State Changes and Additions:

Changes from state V, by burnishing: flowers in vase partially removed.
Changes from state V, in drypoint: shading lines increased throughout; forms added to hanging picture in upper right comp.

Artist’s Remarks:

"Morning is the good time of the day."

"Hair is beauty... it is always important. You have to think about what gives you self-esteem and what ruins your self-esteem." Bourgeois told a story she remembered, which amused her very much, about how a man should relate to a woman. "If she has a brain, the man says, 'My, how pretty you are.' If she is pretty, he says, 'My, how smart and clever you are.' You have to lie through your teeth, if you can." (Quotes cited in Wye, Deborah and Carol Smith. "The Prints of Louise Bourgeois." New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1994, p. 60)

Former Cat. No.:

W & S 20

MoMA Credit Line:

Gift of the artist

MoMA Accession Number:

372.1993

© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY