Cat. No. 124/VI, variant 1
Hair
- State/Variant:
- State VI of XIII, variant
- Date:
- 1999
- Themes
- Body Parts, Figures, Objects
- Techniques
- Drypoint, Other Techniques
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- plate: 7 15/16 x 5 5/16" (20.2 x 13.5 cm); sheet: 12 x 7 1/2" (30.5 x 19 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB 99" lower right margin, red ink.
- Publisher
- unpublished
- Printer
- Harlan & Weaver
- Edition:
- 2 known variant impressions of state VI
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state XIII.
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. - Impression:
- "HC" lower left margin, red ink, artist's hand
- Descriptive Title:
- Red Bell Jar
- Description:
- Drypoint and blue monotype, with blue and red ink, and white gouache additions
- State Changes and Additions:
- Changes from state V in drypoint: figure's hair further delineated and interior oval on platform floor reinforced.
Additions in blue ink: bottom staircase uprights and spindles delineated, anticipating state VIII; background areas covered with swirling strokes.
Additions in red ink: spindles at top of staircase delineated; platform base extended to bottom of plate and interior oval on platform floor reinforced, all anticipating state VIII; upper railing and bell jar-like form contours reinforced.
Additions in white gouache: platform base near bottom masked out. - 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:
- 829.2008
State VI of XIII, variant
1999
Hair
1999-2000
State I of XIII
1999
<i>Hair</i>
1999
State II of XIII
1999
<i>Hair</i>
1999
State III of XIII
1999
<i>Hair</i>
1999
State IV of XIII
1999
<i>Hair</i>
1999
State V of XIII
1999
<i>Hair</i>
1999
State VI of XIII, variant
1999
<i>Hair</i>
1999
State VI of XIII, variant
1999
<i>Hair</i>
1999
State VII of XIII
1999
<i>Hair</i>
1999
State VIII of XIII
1999
<i>Hair</i>
1999
State IX of XIII
1999
<i>Hair</i>
1999
State X of XIII
1999
<i>Hair</i>
1999
State XI of XIII
1999
<i>Hair</i>
1999
State XII of XIII
1999
<i>Hair</i>
1999
State XIII of XIII, variant
1999
<i>Hair</i>
1999
State XIII of XIII, variant
1999
<i>Hair</i>
1999
State XIII of XIII, variant
1999
<i>Hair</i>
1999
State XIII of XIII
2000
<i>Hair</i>
2000
State XIII of XIII
2000
<i>Hair</i>
2000
State XIII of XIII
2000
<i>Hair</i>
2000
Related Works in the Catalogue
Untitled
Version 1 of 2, only state, variant
2006
Untitled
2006
The Cross-Eyed Woman V
State II of II
2004
<i>The Cross-Eyed Woman V</i>
2004
The Young Girl
Only state
2006
<i>The Young Girl</i>
2006
Do Not Abandon Me
State VII of VII
2000
<i>Do Not Abandon Me</i>
2000
Girl with Hair
Version 2 of 2, only state, variant
2007
<i>Girl with Hair</i>
2007
Related Works in Other Mediums
Untitled (Chair)
1998
Untitled (Chair)
1998
Medium: Steel and glass
Dimensions: overall: 7 1/2 × 8 × 10" (19.1 × 20.3 × 25.4 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Hair
c. 1948
Hair
c. 1948
Medium: Ink on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 10 5/8 x 8 1/4" (27 x 21 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled
1947-1950
Untitled
1947-1950
Medium: Ink on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 11 1/4 x 7 1/2" (28.6 x 19.1 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
The Do Gooder Protected by Its Mass of Hair
1986
The Do Gooder Protected by Its Mass of Hair
1986
Medium: Ink and pencil on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2" (21.6 x 14 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY