Untitled, plate 10 of 14, from the portfolio, Autobiographical Series

Cat. No. 439/I

Untitled, plate 10 of 14, from the portfolio, Autobiographical Series

State/Variant:
State I of III
Date:
1993
Alternate Title:
Mirror
Themes
Faces & Portaits, Figures, Objects
Techniques
Drypoint
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 10 7/8 x 8 1/2" (27.7 x 21.6 cm); sheet: 16 7/8 x 13" (42.8 x 33 cm)
Signature:
Not signed
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Harlan & Weaver
Edition:
1 known impression of state I
Edition Information:
Proof before the editioning of state III.
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:
Woman in Bathtub
Description:
Drypoint, with pencil additions
Inscription:
Verso: "what a mirror can do!" lower center sheet, red ink, artist's hand.
State Changes and Additions:
Additions in pencil: mirror further delineated in upper right composition, surface of bath water further delineated in lower left and lower right composition, all anticipating state II.
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
639.2008
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 10 of 14, from the portfolio, Autobiographical Series

1993-1994

Source

1944

Mirror
States
Untitled, plate 10 of 14, from the portfolio, Autobiographical Series
Untitled, plate 10 of 14, from the portfolio, Autobiographical Series
Untitled, plate 10 of 14, from the portfolio, Autobiographical Series

Portfolio

1994

Autobiographical Series

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