Untitled, plate 14 of 14, from the portfolio, Autobiographical Series

Cat. No. 443/IV

Untitled, plate 14 of 14, from the portfolio, Autobiographical Series

State/Variant:
State IV of VI
Date:
c. 1993
Alternate Title:
Self Portrait
Themes
Faces & Portaits, Figures, Objects
Techniques
Drypoint
Support:
Smooth, wove Somerset paper
Dimensions:
plate: 13 1/8 x 8 1/4" (33.3 x 20.9 cm); sheet: 19 x 12 5/8" (48.3 x 32 cm)
Signature:
Not signed
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Harlan & Weaver
Edition:
1 known impression of state IV
Edition Information:
Proof before the editioning of state VI.
Impression:
Not numbered
Background:
Bourgeois was often inspired by the subjects of early drawings when creating works at much later dates. This 1994 portfolio is an example of a project based primarily on drawings from the 1940s and referring to her life in New York at that time. The exceptions are as follows: plate 1, based on a drawing from 1986 that references childbirth; plates 4 and 9, based on drawings from the 1940s but depicting memories of her childhood years in France; plate 11, most probably based on a drawing from the 1940s of a European hotel desk.
Curatorial Remarks:
Of the 14 plates in "Autobiographical Series," Bourgeois titled plates 6 and 12. The untitled plates have been assigned descriptive titles for cataloguing purposes.
Descriptive Title:
Sculptress
Description:
Drypoint, with blue ink additions
State Changes and Additions:
Changes from state III, in drypoint: lines reinforced overall; half circles added to lower composition.
Additions in blue ink: mouth and leftmost half circle added, both anticipating state V.
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
590.1996
This Work in Other Collections:
Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
Museu da Gravura Cidade de Curitiba, Brazil
Tate Modern, London
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Untitled, plate 14 of 14, from the portfolio, Autobiographical Series

1993-1994

Source

1945

Self Portrait
States
Untitled, plate 14 of 14, from the portfolio, Autobiographical Series
Untitled, plate 14 of 14, from the portfolio, Autobiographical Series
Untitled, plate 14 of 14, from the portfolio, Autobiographical Series
Untitled, plate 14 of 14, from the portfolio, Autobiographical Series
Untitled, plate 14 of 14, from the portfolio, Autobiographical Series
Untitled, plate 14 of 14, from the portfolio, Autobiographical Series
Untitled, plate 14 of 14, from the portfolio, Autobiographical Series

Portfolio

1994

Autobiographical Series

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