Morning

Cat. No. 1019/IV

Morning

State/Variant:
State IV of VI
Date:
1944
Themes
Body Parts, Figures, Objects
Techniques
Drypoint, Other Techniques
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 3 7/16 x 2 1/2" (8.8 x 6.3 cm); sheet: 10 1/16 × 7" (25.6 × 17.8 cm)
Signature:
"L. Bourgeois." lower right margin, pencil.
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Louise Bourgeois
Edition:
1 known impression of state IV
Edition Information:
Not issued as a published edition at any state.
Impression:
Not numbered
Former Cat. No.:
W & S 20
Description:
Drypoint and monotype, with selective wiping
Inscription:
"Morning" (erased) lower left margin, pencil, artist's hand.
State Changes and Additions:
Changes from state III, in drypoint: hair in lower center comp. and hanging picture in upper right comp. further delineated.
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:
232.1992.2
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Morning

1944

States
Morning
Morning
Morning
Morning
Morning
Morning

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