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Cat. No. 546/I, variant 2

Eyes

State/Variant:
State I of IV, variant
Date:
1996
Themes:
Body Parts
Techniques:
Drypoint
Description:
Drypoint, with white correction fluid, and black and red ink additions
Support:
Slightly textured, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 4 x 8 13/16" (10.1 x 22.4 cm); sheet: 7 3/8 x 10 1/4" (18.7 x 26 cm)
Signature:
Not signed
Inscription:
Verso: "Des yeux dans yeux / eyes within eyes" center sheet, black ink, artist's hand (?).
Publisher:
unpublished
Printer:
Harlan & Weaver, New York
Edition:
2 known variant impressions of state I
Impression:
Not numbered
Edition Information:
Proof before the editioning of state IV.
Background:
State IV of this composition was published as a benefit for the Brooklyn Museum.
Curatorial Remarks:
What look like vertical striations in the center of this composition are actually ripples in the paper, caught in light during the process of photographing the print.
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
682.2008
This Work in Other Collections:
Brooklyn Museum, New York
Cleveland Museum of Art, OH
Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Eyes
1996

Source
1974

NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Louise Bourgeois. Eyes. 1974
NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION Eyes
Ink on paper
1974

States

Louise Bourgeois. Eyes. 1996
State I of IV, variant
1996
Louise Bourgeois. Eyes. 1996
State I of IV, variant
1996
Louise Bourgeois. Eyes. 1996
State II of IV
1996
Louise Bourgeois. Eyes. 1996
State III of IV
1996
Louise Bourgeois. Eyes. 1996
State IV of IV
1996
Louise Bourgeois. Eyes. 1996
State IV of IV
1996
Louise Bourgeois. Eyes. 1996
State IV of IV, variant
1996
Published Louise Bourgeois. Eyes. 1996
State IV of IV
1996