Morning

Cat. No. 1019/III

Morning

State/Variant:
State III of VI
Date:
1944
Themes
Body Parts, Figures, Objects
Techniques
Drypoint
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 3 7/16 × 2 1/2" (8.8 × 6.3 cm); sheet: 8 1/16 × 5 3/4" (20.5 × 14.6 cm)
Signature:
"L Bourgeois" lower left margin, pencil.
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Louise Bourgeois
Edition:
1 known impression of state III
Edition Information:
Not issued as a published edition at any state.
Impression:
Not numbered
Former Cat. No.:
W & S 20
Description:
Drypoint
State Changes and Additions:
Changes from state II, in drypoint: figure, reflection, mirror, and vanity further delineated; hanging picture added in upper right comp.
Artist’s Remarks:
"Morning is the good time of the day."

"Hair is beauty... it is always important. You have to think about what gives you self-esteem and what ruins your self-esteem." Bourgeois told a story she remembered, which amused her very much, about how a man should relate to a woman. "If she has a brain, the man says, 'My, how pretty you are.' If she is pretty, he says, 'My, how smart and clever you are.' You have to lie through your teeth, if you can." (Quotes cited in Wye, Deborah and Carol Smith. "The Prints of Louise Bourgeois." New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1994, p. 60)
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
119.1990.2
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Morning

1944

States
Morning
Morning
Morning
Morning
Morning
Morning

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