Henriette

Cat. No. 749

Henriette

State/Variant:
Only state
Date:
1998
Themes
Body Parts, Motherhood & Family
Techniques
Digital, Lithography
Support:
Wove Arches paper
Dimensions:
composition: 41 1/8 x 28 5/16" (104.4 x 71.9 cm); sheet: 46 13/16 x 31 1/2" (118 x 80.1 cm)
Signature:
"LB" lower right margin, pencil.
Publisher
SOLO Impression
Printer
SOLO Impression , WOW Digital Imaging
Edition:
50; 29 A.P., 5 T.P., 4 P.P., 1 B.A.T.
Impression:
"AP 3" lower left margin, pencil, unknown hand.
Background:
Henriette, Bourgeois's older sister, suffered from a stiff and swelling leg. The sister required therapy, but did not actually have a prosthetic limb as seen here.

During the 1930s, Bourgeois worked at the Louvre. On her way, she often passed a prosthetics shop, and in the museum she saw many WWI amputees who were employed as guards.
Curatorial Remarks:
The cut-out leg portion of this composition is a digital print of the source sculpture, overlaid with lithography and foamcore. This element is flat, although contours within the image give it a sense of dimension.
Description:
Lithograph and digital print, with paper, metal, and string additions
Other Remarks:
According to printer Judith Solodkin of SOLO Impression, the wrench key at the top is mean to symbolize the potential unlocking of the screws at the knee joint.
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
131.2000.a-b
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Henriette

1998

Source

1985

Henriette
States
Henriette

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