NOT IN MoMA'S COLLECTION
Cat. No. 1066/II
Hands Study (#1)
- State/Variant:
- State II of II
- Date:
- 2004
- Themes:
- Body Parts, Figures, Spirals
- Techniques:
- Etching
- Description:
- Etching, with watercolor, gouache, ink, colored pencil, and pencil additions
- Support:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- sheet: 11 × 16 1/2" (27.9 × 41.9 cm)
- Signature:
- "Louise Bourgeois" lower right margin, pencil.
- Publisher:
- Osiris, New York
- Printer:
- Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH
- Edition:
- 2 known impressions of state II
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- The hand additions on state II of this composition vary from impression to impression, as do the number of panels. For comparison, see the other example in the Evolving Composition Diagram below.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state I, in etching: spiral added.
- Curatorial Remarks:
- The color of hand additions, plate size, and paper type could not be documented because this work is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person.
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