NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Cat. No. 595
Blue Is the Color of Your Eyes
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 2008
- Themes:
- Body Parts
- Techniques:
- Drypoint
- Description:
- Drypoint, with blue ink wash additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove Lanaquarelle paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 27 x 37" (68.6 x 94 cm); sheet: 34 3/4 x 44" (88.3 x 111.8 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois lower right margin, pencil.
- Inscription:
- "The color of his eyes are blue" lower middle margin, pencil, artist's hand.
- Publisher:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Printer:
- Harlan & Weaver, New York
- Edition:
- 9; plus 2 A.P., 1 T.P.
- Impression:
- "AP 1/2" verso.
- Edition Information:
- The pinkish plate tone and the hand additions in blue ink wash on this composition vary across the edition. The artist's inscriptions also vary from impression to impression. For comparison, see other impressions in the Evolving Composition Diagram below.
- Curatorial Remarks:
- The location and medium of the impression number on the verso could not be documented because this work is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person.
- Public Collection:
- Moderna Museet, Stockholm
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