Cat. No. 555/IV, variant
Tête à l'envers
- State/Variant:
- State IV of VI, variant
- Date:
- 2001
- Alternate Title:
-
Face with Spiral Eyes
- Descriptive Title:
-
English translation: "Upside Down Head"
- Themes:
- Faces & Portraits, Spirals
- Techniques:
- Aquatint, Drypoint, Engraving
- Description:
- Drypoint, engraving, and aquatint, with red ink additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 8 7/16 x 10 7/8" (21.5 x 27.6 cm); sheet: 11 3/16 x 13 11/16" (28.4 x 34.7 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 2 known impressions of state IV
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Not issued as a published edition at any state.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state III, by burnishing: drypoint burr removed and lines of composition lightened overall.
Changes from state III, in aquatint: lips, eyelid, and face contour filled in.
Changes from state III, in engraving: lips and contour of face reinforced. - MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1066.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY