Cat. No. 1133/I
Ferocity
- State/Variant:
- State I of II
- Date:
- c. 1974
- Themes
- Abstraction
- Techniques
- Engraving, Other Techniques
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 5 9/16 × 11" (14.2 × 28 cm); sheet: 10 1/4 × 12 3/4" (26 × 32.4 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower left margin, pencil.
- Publisher
- unpublished
- Printer
- Louise Bourgeois
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of state I
- Impression:
- "1/2" lower right margin, black ink, artist's hand.
- Curatorial Remarks:
- The scraper tool is generally used for removing lines in the plate. Bourgeois used it here to delineate parts of her composition.
- Former Cat. No.:
- W & S 70
- Description:
- Scraper and engraving
- Inscription:
- "Triangular support scraper work / on copper / 1/2" lower right margin, black ink, artist's hand. Verso: "Ferocity / II / [illeg.] specifications" center verso, blue ink, artist's hand.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 255.1992
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
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c. 1974
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c. 1974
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c. 1974
<i>Ferocity</i>
c. 1974
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© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY