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Not issued as a published edition in either version.
State Changes and Additions:
Changes from version 1: composition, with naval added, enlarged photomechanically onto a new plate.
Background:
The source drawing was inspired by a sculpture, "Woman with a Secret," 1947-49, seen below in Related Works in Other Mediums.
Bourgeois admired the printing facilities of the Gravure workshop and also felt a personal rapport with the owner and master printer, Christian Guérin. Guérin helped the artist develop plates for several important projects in the early 1990s.
Artist’s Remarks:
Inscribed on the verso of the source drawing: "destroyed / and / resuciteé / She wolf [crossed out] fox. / the test is: / am I forgiven after / the destruction / la defense du père / le pardon du la mère / c'est le sign du / l'adulte / college sevigné. / to J.G."
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