Cat. No. 60/III
Medical Print
- State/Variant:
- State III of III
- Date:
- 2001
- Themes:
- Body Parts, Figures, Motherhood & Family
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with selective wiping
- Support:
- Smooth, wove Dieu Donné paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 6 7/8 x 8 3/8" (17.5 x 21.3 cm); sheet: 13 x 13 1/2" (33 x 34.3 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois 2001" lower right margin, pencil.
- Publisher:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 25; plus 7 A.P., 5 P.P., 1 B.A.T., 1 H.C., and an edition of 2 on fabric
- Impression:
- "a.p. 6/7" lower left margin, pencil, unknown hand.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state II in drypoint: legs reinforced; hair further delineated.
- Other Remarks:
- According to Bourgeois's assistant, Jerry Gorovoy, the imagery in this print refers to Bourgeois's preoccupation with the mechanisms of the body and, in particular, bodily fluids, which she called "precious liquids."
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 37.2002
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY







