Hair

Cat. No. 124/XIII

Hair

State/Variant:
State XIII of XIII
Date:
2000

Themes
Body Parts, Figures, Objects
Techniques
Drypoint, Engraving
Support:
Smooth, wove Yugen paper
Dimensions:
plate: 8 x 5 1/4" (20.3 x 13.4 cm); sheet: 15 1/8 x 11 15/16" (38.4 x 30.4 cm)
Signature:
"Louise Bourgeois 2000" lower right margin, pencil.
Publisher
Harlan & Weaver
Printer
Harlan & Weaver
Edition:
25; plus 7 A.P., 5 P.P., 2 H.C., 1 B.A.T., and an edition of 6 on fabric
Edition Information:
There are 3 known variant impressions of state XIII, outside the two editions.

The 4 impressions of varying states labeled "HC" in red ink, in the artist's hand, are not conventional H.C. impressions, which would be of the final state.

The paper edition is printed in red ink and the fabric edition is printed in black ink.
Impression:
"a.p. 6/7" lower left margin, pencil, unknown hand.
Descriptive Title:
Red Bell Jar
Description:
Drypoint and engraving
State Changes and Additions:
Changes from state XII in drypoint: figure's body reinforced, and figure's hair further delineated vertically and below.
Other Remarks:
According to Louise Bourgeois’s assistant, Jerry Gorovoy, the bell jar-like form in “Hair” was not done in conjunction with Bourgeois’s monumental sculptural installation for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, in 2000. In that installation, each of three huge steel towers included, within it, a small sculpture depicting a mother and child inside a bell jar. Bourgeois’s print “Do Not Abandon Me,” with similar imagery and seen here in Related Works in the Catalogue, does have a direct relationship to the Tate installation.
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
29.2002
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Hair

1999-2000

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Related Works in the Catalogue

Untitled
The Cross-Eyed Woman V
The Young Girl
Do Not Abandon Me
Girl with Hair

Related Works in Other Mediums

Untitled (Chair)
Hair
Untitled
The Do Gooder Protected by Its Mass of Hair