Portrait

Cat. No. 732.1

Portrait

State/Variant:
Version 1 of 2, only state
Date:
1990
Themes
Abstraction, Faces & Portaits, Figures
Techniques
Aquatint, Etching
Support:
Thin, laid paper
Dimensions:
plate: 8 3/8 x 5 3/8" (21.2 x 13.6 cm); sheet: 11 9/16 x 9 5/16" (29.3 x 23.6 cm)
Signature:
Not signed
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Gravure
Edition:
2 known impressions of version 1
Edition Information:
Not issued as a published edition in either version.
Impression:
Not numbered
Background:
The source drawing was inspired by a sculpture, "Woman with a Secret," 1947-49, seen below in Related Works in Other Mediums.

Bourgeois admired the printing facilities of the Gravure workshop and also felt a personal rapport with the owner and master printer, Christian Guérin. Guérin helped the artist develop plates for several important projects in the early 1990s.
Former Cat. No.:
W & S B13.1
Description:
Etching and aquatint
Artist’s Remarks:
Inscribed on the verso of the source drawing: "destroyed / and / resuciteé / She wolf [crossed out] fox. / the test is: / am I forgiven after / the destruction / la defense du père / le pardon du la mère / c'est le sign du / l'adulte / college sevigné. / to J.G."
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
564.1993
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Portrait

1990

Source

1985

The She-Fox
First Version
Portrait
Portrait
Second Version
Portrait
Portrait
Portrait

Related Works in the Catalogue

Untitled, plate 14 of 14, from the portfolio, Autobiographical Series
Boxwoods, plate 7 of 9, from the portfolio, Quarantania
Untitled, no. 23 of 36, from the series, The Fragile
Thompson Street

Related Works in Other Mediums

Sleeping Figure
Untitled
She-Fox
Woman with a Secret