NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Cat. No. 1108
Woman
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 2004
- Themes:
- Figures
- Techniques:
- Aquatint
- Description:
- Aquatint, with chine collé, and white gouache and red watercolor additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove, handmade Twinrocker paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 17 3/8 × 18 7/16" (44.2 × 46.8 cm); sheet: 29 1/8 × 21 9/16" (74 × 54.8 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois" lower right margin, pencil.
- Inscription:
- "To Ben" lower left margin, pencil, artist's hand.
- Publisher:
- Osiris, New York
- Printer:
- Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH
- Edition:
- 3 with hand additions; plus an edition of 6, and an edition of 8 with hand additions
- Impression:
- "study 3/3" lower center sheet verso, pencil, artist's hand.
- Edition Information:
- This composition was issued in 3 separate editions, all titled "Woman."
In the edition of 3 printed in red ink, each impression has hand additions and is designated as a "study." However, throughout this catalogue, the term "study" describes photocopies and tracings that were used in the process of developing a composition.
In the edition of 8 printed in red ink, each impression has hand additions and is numbered in Roman numerals.
In the edition of 6 printed in black ink, each impression is numbered in Arabic numerals.
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