Peeking through Curtain

Cat. No. 1064/I, variant

Peeking through Curtain

State/Variant:
State I of III, variant
Date:
1999
Themes
Faces & Portaits
Techniques
Engraving
Support:
Smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
plate: 9 15/16 x 3 15/16" (25.3 x 10 cm); sheet: 15 7/8 x 12 11/16" (40.4 x 32.2 cm)
Signature:
Not signed
Publisher
unpublished
Printer
Harlan & Weaver
Edition:
2 known impressions of state I
Edition Information:
Not issued as a published edition at any state.
Impression:
Not numbered
Description:
Engraving, with black ink additions
State Changes and Additions:
Additions in black ink: figure's hands further delineated, anticipating state III.
Artist’s Remarks:
When asked about the source drawing for this composition, Bourgeois replied, "That's fear. The person isn't watching or spying, it's someone hiding. The curtain is like the shutters in the South of France, which keep the sun out, but you're hidden from view." (Quote cited in Bernadac, Marie-Laure and Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Editors. Destruction of the Father /Reconstruction of the Father: Writings and Interviews, 1923–1997. London: Violette, 1998, pp. 298-299. Originally published in French in Bernadac, Marie-Laure and Deborah Wye. Louise Bourgeois: Pensées-Plumes. Paris: Centre Pompidou, 1995.)
MoMA Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
MoMA Accession Number:
868.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Peeking through Curtain

1999

Source

1950

Untitled
States
Peeking through Curtain
Peeking through Curtain
Peeking through Curtain
Peeking through Curtain
Peeking through Curtain

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