Cat. No. 362/I, variant 2
Feet (Socks)
- State/Variant:
- State I of III, variant
- Date:
- 1999
- Themes
- Body Parts, Music, Objects
- Techniques
- Drypoint
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper, with music paper chine collé
- Dimensions:
- plate: 11 15/16 x 9 15/16" (30.4 x 25.2 cm); sheet: 16 1/2 x 14 1/16" (41.9 x 35.7 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right margin, red ink and "LB" (upside-down) upper left margin, black ink.
- Publisher
- unpublished
- Printer
- Harlan & Weaver
- Edition:
- 2 known variant impressions of state I
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state III on paper and on fabric.
The "AP" inscriptions, in the artist's hand, do not indicate conventional A.P. impressions, which would be of the final state. - Impression:
- "AP" lower left margin, red ink and "AP" (upside-down) upper right margin, black ink, artist's hand
- Curatorial Remarks:
- Publisher Harlan & Weaver groups the editioned state of this composition on paper with ten other drypoints of 1999, under the title, “11 Drypoints.” Each of the 11 compositions can be displayed individually. The full set is as follows:
“The Accident”
“The Angry Cat”
“Don’t Put Your Foot in Your Mouth”
“Fear”
“Feet (Socks)”
“Fences Are Obsolete”
“Madeleine”
“Mosquito”
“Mother and Child”
“Please Hang in There”
“The Smell of the Feet” - Description:
- Drypoint, with chine collé, and red and blue watercolor, and red and black ink additions
- State Changes and Additions:
- Additions in red ink: contours reconfigured and toenails delineated, anticipating state II.
Additions in black ink: vertical hanging line at top of each foot delineated, anticipating state II. - Other Remarks:
- According to the Louise Bourgeois Studio, the initials and inscriptions repeated twice indicate that the composition can be hung with the feet in either orientation.
Publisher Harlan & Weaver adds that the artist was inspired here by the cardboard stiffeners from a pair of socks. When she received dry-cleaning or new clothes, she would often draw on the inserts. - Bibliography:
- Malbert, Roger, and Juliet Mitchell. "Louise Bourgeois: Autobiographical Prints." London: Hayward, 2016. (Catalogue accompanying the touring exhibition "Louise Bourgeois Prints: Autobiographical Series and 11 Drypoints".)
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 902.2008
State I of III, variant
1999
Feet (Socks)
1999-2000
Source
1999
Hanging Feet
1999
Hanging Feet
1999
Medium: Pencil and colored pencil on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 15 1/4 x 11" (38.8 x 28 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
State I of III, variant
1999
<i>Feet (Socks)</i>
1999
State I of III, variant
1999
<i>Feet (Socks)</i>
1999
State II of III
1999
<i>Feet (Socks)</i>
1999
State III of III, variant
1999
<i>Feet (Socks)</i>
1999
State III of III, variant
1999
<i>Feet (Socks)</i>
1999
State III of III
1999
<i>Feet (Socks)</i>
1999
State III of III
2000
<i>Feet (Socks)</i>
2000
State III of III
2000
<i>Feet (Socks)</i>
2000
State III of III
2000
<i>Feet (Socks)</i>
2000
Related Works in the Catalogue
Untitled, no. 9 of 12, from the portfolio, Anatomy
Only state
1989-1990
Untitled, no. 9 of 12, from the portfolio,<i> Anatomy</i>
1989-1990
Untitled, plate 3 of 5, from the illustrated book, and plate 3 of 7, from the portfolio, Metamorfosis
State II of II
1997
Untitled, plate 3 of 5, from the illustrated book, and plate 3 of 7, from the portfolio,<i> Metamorfosis</i>
1997
The Smell of the Feet
State III of III
1999
<i>The Smell of the Feet</i>
1999
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Legs
1986
Legs
1986
Medium: Rubber
Dimensions: overall: 120 1/2 x 3 x 8 3/4" (306 x 7.6 x 22.2 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
J'y suis, J'y reste
1990
J'y suis, J'y reste
1990
Medium: Pink marble, glass and metal
Dimensions: overall: 40 1/2 x 35 x 31" (102.9 x 88.9 x 78.7 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled
1991
Untitled
1991
Medium: Ink and charcoal on burnt paper
Dimensions: sheet: 8 1/2 x 11" (21.6 x 27.9 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY