Cat. No. 546/IV
Eyes
- State/Variant:
- State IV of IV
- Date:
- 1996
- Themes:
- Body Parts
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint
- Support:
- Smooth, wove Somerset paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 3 15/16 x 8 7/8" (10.1 x 22.6 cm); sheet: 13 15/16 x 14 1/16" (35 x 35.7 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois. 1996." right lower margin, pencil.
- Publisher:
- Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- Edition: 40; plus 10 A.P., 5 P.P., and 1 Exhibition Proof
- Impression:
- "AP/2/10" left lower margin, pencil, unknown hand.
- Edition Information:
- There are 4 known impressions of state IV, outside the edition.
The fourth known impression of state IV, outside the edition, is in MoMA's Collection (Accession Number: 688.2008). It is not illustrated, due to its similarity to the impression seen here. - State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state III, in drypoint: shading lines in some eyes further delineated.
- Benefit Work:
- For the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 531.1996
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Brooklyn Museum, New York
Cleveland Museum of Art, OH
Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY